Just google 'back to school blues'
Every parent knows the drill.
Last two weeks of summer: "I'm booooooooored."
First day of school: "I'm nervous and therefore going to act like a freak."
Last day of first week of school: "So 'n' so is so cool/lame/wierd/ugly/gorgeous/dating/not dating, and, hey, I love the drama of all this gossip!"
Middle of the second week of school: "I hate school. I hate homework. My teachers all hate me."
I still maintain however, that my kids are worse. High-functioning autism, OCD, mood disorders, blah, blah. (It's true. They have those things and it IS worse.)
This year, however, I'm dealing with it differently.
I'm not.
I have decided that I _ _ JUST _ _ DON'T _ _ CARE.
And this is a milestone. They are finally old enough that I don't have to worry that their whines are symptomatic of some problem. I don't have to listen sympathetically to their tiny problems, they are not toddlers in big kids clothing. They are not victims of some system; they are learning to work the system (their IEPs) themselves.They don't need more therapy. They can care of themselves -- and keep it to themselves.
They just need to cope with the fact that they are human beings.
The no-whining rule goes up and stays up this year. I walked out on the older one's whining last night and I only show up for the last 5 minutes of the younger one's morning.
I'm moving on.
Last two weeks of summer: "I'm booooooooored."
First day of school: "I'm nervous and therefore going to act like a freak."
Last day of first week of school: "So 'n' so is so cool/lame/wierd/ugly/gorgeous/dating/not dating, and, hey, I love the drama of all this gossip!"
Middle of the second week of school: "I hate school. I hate homework. My teachers all hate me."
I still maintain however, that my kids are worse. High-functioning autism, OCD, mood disorders, blah, blah. (It's true. They have those things and it IS worse.)
This year, however, I'm dealing with it differently.
I'm not.
I have decided that I _ _ JUST _ _ DON'T _ _ CARE.
And this is a milestone. They are finally old enough that I don't have to worry that their whines are symptomatic of some problem. I don't have to listen sympathetically to their tiny problems, they are not toddlers in big kids clothing. They are not victims of some system; they are learning to work the system (their IEPs) themselves.They don't need more therapy. They can care of themselves -- and keep it to themselves.
They just need to cope with the fact that they are human beings.
The no-whining rule goes up and stays up this year. I walked out on the older one's whining last night and I only show up for the last 5 minutes of the younger one's morning.
I'm moving on.