My son (who is 11, 5.8", fully in puberty, etc etc) got a day suspension from school this week. He only started at the school 3 weeks ago, but has historically had problems in his last school for the last couple of years. This week, he threw some pencils at another kid who took the piss about the fact that our dog had died. However, in the last 3 weeks, (ie the time since our dog died!) he had already got himself into trouble a couple of other times, so he was pretty much screwed.
I consider myself a pretty good mum, but I am struggling at the moment. In my heart, I would say "Jesus Christ, he's 11, going through puberty, has moved to an entirely new school district in the last month and his very beloved dog died in pretty horrible circumstances"
In my head, I think, "But are we just excusing him again?!"
What do you guys think?
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TraderJo · 06/10/2012 03:54
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