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Disgusting

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Submitted by Hastings on Tue, 05/02/2023 - 9:12am

UGH!!!!

So, Ex is on a cruise and SS12 is with us for almost two weeks. Last night, when H went into SS’s room to say good night, he smelled something “off.” He asked SS about it — was there an accident or anything? No. H let it go because when SS comes over, there's often a cat odor on some of his stuff and H thought that might be it.
 

This morning, H had to leave early for an out-of-town meeting, so he asked if I would check the room to see if I smelled it, too.

In-school suspension

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Submitted by Hastings on Tue, 03/07/2023 - 11:04am

So, after three days at home last week, SS12 got shoved while waiting g to get on the bus yesterday. The school investigated and found out SS and the other kid were being pressured to fight. Now he has two days of in-school suspension.

According to the assistant principal, the school is having a big problem with fighting in the bathrooms, peer pressure and bullying. Anyway, BM signed something to allow him to get counseling at school and is looking into a therapist.

A vent… SS and the dog

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Submitted by Hastings on Fri, 03/03/2023 - 10:50am

About three months ago, DH and I adopted a dachshund from a local rescue. He's an adorable, sweet, gentle (and admittedly overweight) little guy. SS12 adores him. Dog is mostly indifferent unless SS is eating. His previous owner was female (she died), so he latched on to me pretty fast.

And now… suspension

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Submitted by Hastings on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 1:34pm

So now SS12 is suspended from school for three days for fighting. DH got a call Tuesday night from the assistant principal, who told him there were two incidents and SS would have to face consequences. The next morning, DH got a call to pick him up and keep him home for three days.

SS had mentioned the first incident to a teacher and BM. Apparently, he walked into a bathroom and there was a fight going on, someone got shoved into him and he shoved back (caught on student's camera -- those aren't allowed in bathrooms, but anyway). He said it happened again early this week.

So sick of this — need advice

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Submitted by Hastings on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 10:36am

We don't have a lot of rules in our house. Keep your room clean, take dishes to the sink, etc.

But one big one we have: SS12 is not allowed to have food or drink in his room. DH used to allow it, but SS wasn't responsible about bringing dishes back to the kitchen or throwing away wrappers. After an incident where the dog got into a jar of peanut butter (which SS left, open, in his room), DH shut it down.

Yet it continues.

“Sick” - Again!

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Submitted by Hastings on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 10:10am

So in the last two months, SS12 has missed more than two weeks of school because he's throwing up. He has a history of trouble with acid reflux that causes him to spit up and he's back on the meds now. No fever. And, oddly enough, these episodes never happen on weekends or holidays. Isn't that interesting?

Also, he's chronically late with school work and now has all Cs and Ds (except music, where he has an A).

Ongoing school struggle

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Submitted by Hastings on Mon, 11/28/2022 - 11:56am

The difficulties continue. This year was DH's turn to have SS11 for Thanksgiving. No school, of course. But DH made him get on his Chrome book and complete a few assignments that hadn't been submitted. A couple of in-class grades also popped up as zeros. DH asked if he'd even turned anything in. SS just shrugs.

So now he’s flunking…

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Submitted by Hastings on Thu, 11/10/2022 - 9:13am

SS11 (nearly 12) is a smart kid. Very smart. In my experience, that can be good and bad.

This is his first year of middle school, which can be an adjustment. The school app has been driving DH nuts because he keeps getting notifications about late or missed assignments. Sometimes they were submitted and teacher hasn't graded yet, or they were done in class. No problem, but the app doesn't distinguish. DH keeps on SS about it. This is not new. It was happening last year, too.

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