otherwise known as the "stop me from throttling my teenage daughter" thread.
Firstborn Daughter is 16 and a junior in high school. This kid is as motivated as she wants to be, is of average brilliance, and is perfectly content moving at a snail's pace. Stubborn as a mule, says that her failing English is due to having a sh*tty teacher, and doesn't seem to make any effort in areas that she doesn't want.
My husband/her daddy says to let her go. If she doesn't want to motivate herself, she will realize that only she is to blame. I think that his logic is for mere mortals. I told her that if she is rebelling against my sound advice, then we will find ourselves in a spiral, for I am going to rebel against her laziness. I think we are far too easy on her, and want to toss real life lessons™ her way at an accelerated pace. If she cannot find it in her to deal with all the harpies who teach her at her school, then she should call up the local CC and find out all the details on what it takes to enroll in college. Go to school and experience when one's teacher could give a sh*t about how well she does, and find out what it is like to sprint without gravity.
Damn, this kid is so much like me, but the difference was I had folks who didn't give a fig and it took me forever to figure it all out. How come having a zealous mamma doesn't speed things along?!!? Yeah, the sociologists might have an answer, but tonight I shall assuage myself in complaining to God.
Firstborn Daughter is 16 and a junior in high school. This kid is as motivated as she wants to be, is of average brilliance, and is perfectly content moving at a snail's pace. Stubborn as a mule, says that her failing English is due to having a sh*tty teacher, and doesn't seem to make any effort in areas that she doesn't want.
My husband/her daddy says to let her go. If she doesn't want to motivate herself, she will realize that only she is to blame. I think that his logic is for mere mortals. I told her that if she is rebelling against my sound advice, then we will find ourselves in a spiral, for I am going to rebel against her laziness. I think we are far too easy on her, and want to toss real life lessons™ her way at an accelerated pace. If she cannot find it in her to deal with all the harpies who teach her at her school, then she should call up the local CC and find out all the details on what it takes to enroll in college. Go to school and experience when one's teacher could give a sh*t about how well she does, and find out what it is like to sprint without gravity.
Damn, this kid is so much like me, but the difference was I had folks who didn't give a fig and it took me forever to figure it all out. How come having a zealous mamma doesn't speed things along?!!? Yeah, the sociologists might have an answer, but tonight I shall assuage myself in complaining to God.
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