Are your kids being absolutely horrible?

amother

Aqua

Tue, Apr 14 2020, 1:22 am

I'm here to assure you all that it does get easier. My kids range from 12 - 22 and the whining and kvetching and stupid fighting over nothing almost never happens!! Theres no more "he looked at me wrong" "she got the bigger piece" "he came on my side of the room" "she broke my legos"..........

It really does end. That's not to say that there aren't other issues. We have a 22 year old dd whose friends are all married and shes bored and sad. We have a child who's otd and that is excruciatingly painful. And I can go on. But those little, petty, annoying, whining, and fighting and kvetching, that hardly exists and so the daily living is so much easier!

My most difficult child, the one who fought with everyone, always. The one who kvetched and complained and whined nonstop for 10 years straight. The one who I once called my husband and said I need you to leave work immediately and come deal with him or one of us wont make it through the next few hours. The one who I would walk outside with my other kids so I wouldn't murder him, he has grown into the nicest, easiest, most agreeable, helpful mensch you will ever meet.

Ladies, there is hope!

amother

Scarlet

Tue, Apr 14 2020, 2:04 am

My kids have been pretty good. I keep them busy so they don't make me too crazy. They have plenty of chores to do and a certain amount of exercise to log daily. And I let them have screen time each day, which is not so under normal conditions so they're getting a treat. Also, all that cbd oil I'm sneaking into their smoothies really helps. Tongue Out

amother

Hotpink

Tue, Apr 14 2020, 3:54 am

My kids are horrible!
They fight and they bicker.
They can stage a full tantrum
Over merely a sticker.

My kids are horrible!
Always hunger and thirst
So terribly demanding
And my pre-teen's the worst!

My kids are horrible!
They trash a room as they go through it
And say, in all innocence,
"I didn't do it!"

My kids are horrible!
They never obey.
Always an excuse
Not to do what I say.

My kids are horrible!
They whine without end.
"You don't like me!" "You're so strict!"
"Let me Whatsapp my friend!"

My kids are horrible!
Wait, is that a mistake?
Maybe, like adults,
They also need a break?

My kids are horrible
At endless quarantine
So they snap at each other
And act very mean.

My kids are horrible
In the way they now act.
Not too shocking at all -
Horribly normal, in fact.