My 10 year old son is a self-aware douchebag.
I do not call Frederick that. I don't even let him say that (or try to stop him anyway...), but thanks to his 22 year old uncle (my little brother) he sneaks it in whenever he can because it's used by his favorite uncle.
Why is he is a self-aware douchebag?!
Last night Aiden and I were going over his science fair project ideas with him. The form has to be filled out, detailing the project, and turned in by today. He is still undecided between 2 different inventions he wants to create. It was around his bedtime so he was starting to get frustrated and emotional.
It was around my bedtime....and I was starting to get frustrated and emotional....
He started raising his voice.
I started raising my voice....and then finally told him to just go take a shower and get in bed. I would be up to read Harry Potter (we're on the 4th book) to him in five.
He stomped off yelling, "Fine!. Be that way! Live my life for me, why don't you?! You decide what I do for my project!"......wow.....If we're living his life for him now, what will we be doing in 6 years when he really is a teenager and decides we're unbearably controlling and he hates us?!....he acts like we're running a death camp and the only thing keeping him out of the gas chamber is a Nobel Peace Prize!....too dramatic?....well, he gets it honest.
So he goes upstairs to take his shower. I tell Aiden that his son is obnoxious, while I grab a glass of water and head upstairs.
As I settle into my bed (where we read most of the time) Frederick sits down on the edge of the bed, facing me he says, "I'm sorry I was such a douchebag earlier," while looking me in the eyes.
My heart melted because this is the first time that he has been self aware enough to realize that he was, in fact, being a douchebag. I know grown....men mostly....that don't have that level of self-awareness. I sincerely thanked him for recognizing that he was being difficult and told him that we were actually trying to help him and not make his life more difficult. He rolled his eyes and said, "yeah, yeah. I know. Now, can we please just read!"
Awww....that's my little douchbag!
I do not call Frederick that. I don't even let him say that (or try to stop him anyway...), but thanks to his 22 year old uncle (my little brother) he sneaks it in whenever he can because it's used by his favorite uncle.
Why is he is a self-aware douchebag?!
Last night Aiden and I were going over his science fair project ideas with him. The form has to be filled out, detailing the project, and turned in by today. He is still undecided between 2 different inventions he wants to create. It was around his bedtime so he was starting to get frustrated and emotional.
It was around my bedtime....and I was starting to get frustrated and emotional....
He started raising his voice.
I started raising my voice....and then finally told him to just go take a shower and get in bed. I would be up to read Harry Potter (we're on the 4th book) to him in five.
He stomped off yelling, "Fine!. Be that way! Live my life for me, why don't you?! You decide what I do for my project!"......wow.....If we're living his life for him now, what will we be doing in 6 years when he really is a teenager and decides we're unbearably controlling and he hates us?!....he acts like we're running a death camp and the only thing keeping him out of the gas chamber is a Nobel Peace Prize!....too dramatic?....well, he gets it honest.
So he goes upstairs to take his shower. I tell Aiden that his son is obnoxious, while I grab a glass of water and head upstairs.
As I settle into my bed (where we read most of the time) Frederick sits down on the edge of the bed, facing me he says, "I'm sorry I was such a douchebag earlier," while looking me in the eyes.
My heart melted because this is the first time that he has been self aware enough to realize that he was, in fact, being a douchebag. I know grown....men mostly....that don't have that level of self-awareness. I sincerely thanked him for recognizing that he was being difficult and told him that we were actually trying to help him and not make his life more difficult. He rolled his eyes and said, "yeah, yeah. I know. Now, can we please just read!"
Awww....that's my little douchbag!
That is pretty good for a 10 year old! They do tend to have a meltdown quickly don't they? This cracked me up. I needed a laugh today!
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