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[Mona52]

I didn't mean to imply it was your fault or responsibility, just that I can somewhat relate to the feeling.

Your post was awesome Gmum, it was precisely what I needed to hear! I never got the feeling you were pointing a finger at me Thank you so much.

PP thank you for letting me know he is a normal boy. I cant find it in myself to agree with the school on this one. I dont think there is a power on the earth that will stop my son from looking at girls. Yes, I can make it harder by not allowing him access to inappropriate pictures, and I can easily control his computer usage. That just leaves the rest of the world where he can see women.

I agree 100% with the school that he MUST complete his homework. And he needs to correct his sleeping habits.

For the last 2 nights I have made sure he was not just in bed, but asleep at an extremely early hour. That is the best I can do.

Mutatio, I try and sit with him when he does his homework, but physically, it is just not possible. I get off work and home around 5:00 pm and I have three children. Dinner takes about an hour to two hours to cook and eat. By the time it is cleaned up it is near 7. They have approximately 3 to 5 hours of homework a night. If I sat with each kid, we would be up until 4am, lol.

They cannot do their homework in the same room, they would never get any work done. Plus they have activities and they need time to relax/play. What I usually do is have him do it while I am cooking, so he has until I get dinner done to get his questions in. During that time he is distracted by having to use the boy's room, or playing with the dog or telling me about his day or fighting with his sister... the list goes on and on. He is on his own for the rest of it.

So I sat down and had a serious heart to heart with my angel yesterday. It felt like he understood the seriousness of the sit. He did all of his homework, called a friend's mother to confirm he had all the work and happily went to bed and fell asleep at a decent hour.

I think with some gentle nagging and me reminding him constantly of the consequences, he can make this a habit. I still got a call from the principal this morning. Apparently another kid from the school told the principal my S walked to school this morn. So they called saying what a huge safety concern this was.

FIRST off, we live about 7 blocks from the school now! Yeah, it is a real safety hazard making a kid walk 7 blocks. Seriously... SECOND, The kid lied, I drove my S to school.

But I was very sweet to the principal and made it sound absurd that she could even imagine I would have my poor S walk to school.

It seems the school is extra watchful when it comes to my S all of a sudden. I have to stay on my toes and give them no reason to kick him out. This too shall pass.