The most precious gift one can receive is yours...

[Shizzle]

in the spirit of PIF, i'm offering my firstborn child up for adoption. for those of you who have always dreamed of experiencing all the joys of parenthood, just imagine holding your new son in your arms:
he has beautiful dark brown hair, sparkling blue eyes, rosy cheeks, an engaging smile, and loves to giggle and coo.


he likes to throw the ball around (oh; he's slightly older than most kids up for adoption...in fact, he can already walk! -- and he's getting quite good at it, might i add), watch cartoons, play video games, and is developing a great talent for music.

he also loves his dog, and his grandma and grandpa think the world of him...but they're getting up in age to be taking care of a child. we'd really love to give him to an energetic, childless single/couple under age 75 (preferably, but >75 isn't a dealbreaker) and make their dreams come true. does that sound like you??

if so, no need to fill out an application...i trust you...first one who responds gets him...just tell us where to send him. congrats.

















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(btw, he's also 160 pounds, 6' tall, 17 years old, a former top honors student, currently failing out of his junior year, and says his parents are "nazi's" for taking away his laptop and iphone and refusing to give him any money, rides or car keys until he does his homework that is backed up from 5 weeks ago)

 

[classwife]

Ummm...no thank you !

Been there...done that !!

Hang tight....it does pass !

 

[Safira]

I have a 16 year old son myself so I'm sorry but I don't want yours.

Just a suggestion, you're on the right track, I ground him from all electricity when he pisses me off. Make sure he also doesn't have access to Nintendo, and TV. You get it, the only thing he is allowed to do is read a book or do his homework, until his grades reach an acceptable level.

But sometimes the best lessons he has to learn on his own and suffer the real consequences of his own actions. No one told me parenting was going to be like this. I thought it was all lullaby's and butterfly kisses.

 

[Shizzle]

"Ummm...no thank you !

Been there...done that !!

Hang tight....it does pass !"

darn..........!

 

[Shizzle]

I have a 16 year old son myself so I'm sorry but I don't want yours.

double darn!

Just a suggestion, you're on the right track, I ground him from all electricity when he pisses me off. Make sure he also doesn't have access to Nintendo, and TV. You get it, the only thing he is allowed to do is read a book or do his homework, until his grades reach an acceptable level.

But sometimes the best lessons he has to learn on his own and suffer the real consequences of his own actions. No one told me parenting was going to be like this. I thought it was all lullaby's and butterfly kisses.

that is SO true....here, he thinks i'm getting a thrill out of being a "control freak" -- WT??? -- i wouldn't accept this position as a career in the real world, regardless of the salary...it's SO not worth it!

 

[Shizzle]

this kid has had this lazy, negative, and yet deserving outlook on life since around age 14, but it had increased in the past month or so....i even took him to the doctor, thinking maybe he had something wrong with him!....after i described his horrific behavior and a quick check-up, the doctor laughed and said "he's got mild, seasonal allergy symptoms, and a *severe* case of what is known as "Being a Teenager Syndrome"....

yet, the very night after i posted this thread, he got SO impossible, i became desperate for answers...i looked up his symptoms online, and indeed, he had every single one of the symptoms of Being a Teenager Syndrome....but, he also had every single one of the major symptoms of Mono...so, i took him BACK to the doctor, and asked him to do a mono test just to make me happy....the doctor rolled his eyes, but obliged...

a week later, he's still the same, but no results...the nurse said "99% of the time, the result is negative...and since we didn't get the results right away, it's closer to 100% negative."

well, lo and behold, two days later, in the midst of screaming my brains out at my son, who had now started refusing to even get up to go to school anymore, the phone rings...it's the doctor:

"um, he's got mono." --

wt??? omg, now i feel horribly guilty about the way i'd been treating him...i'll be in stiff competition for this year's Worst Parent On The Planet award. ;(

YET, again, this kid DID also have a moderate case of "Being a Teenager Syndrome" before recent history...how on earth will i ever be able to tell when his Mono is "better"?! well, if his behavior doesn't improve in another week or so, the offer still stands!





(just goes to show you, sometimes being an "overprotective parent with nothing better to do" is important...and once in a while, what is written on the internet IS correct!!)

 

[Safira]

Oh man sorry he has mono, you might be able to tell that his mono is getting better when he starts wanting his phone and game system back.

Oh, I just thought of one more thing, when he starts eating you out of house and home again that's a good sign he's better. Just remember at 16 he knows so much more than us, don't you love it.

Just try to get through this, someday we'll like these kids again. But, being a pain like this now makes it easier for us to kick them out of the house and ship them off to college when the time comes.

Just wanted to add I hope he gets better soon, and no you don't even come close to getting the bad parent award.

I once had to run after my daughters wheel chair after she broke her leg because I forgot to lock the wheels. (down the street, in my PJ's)

Oh there was also the time my son was complaining about leg pain and I ignored him, he ended up having an abscess tooth. Feel better now?

 

[Astatine]

That's funny! When I was 16, my parents were yelling at me because I was studying too much, having too many good grades, was not going out with my "friends", was not wild enough, was not into boys...etc. And there were a couple of unwarranted yelling accidents.

I turned out OK. I am glad they cared.

Seems you care. So this bump in the road is just that: an incident. That doesn't make you a bad parent. That makes you a good parent.

16 is tough for the kids and those who care for them.