Archive for November 23rd, 2008

My oldest son has gone through many stages and come out of them just fine.  He takes the “normal” amount of time going through these different stages.  I always hope that my younges will do the same, but he’s very different than my oldest.  He starts the various stages and phases at about the same age that my oldest son did, but getting through them is the troubling part.

Jack’s been in the stage of whining about schoolwork for 2 years now, well 2 school years.  I know he’ll grow out of it eventually, but in the mean time I”m frustrated. Of course when I get frustrated, it only makes things worse.  I know this, but it doesn’t help either of us to know and understand.

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