Pre-Teen Manual?

[Pippidoeswhatshewants]

There is no denying the fact that ds has turned into a pre-teen, and we are struggling with his mood swings and being over emotional.
Can anyone recommend a good pre-teen manual, please? Or take him off my hands for a few years?

[LastingLight]

How about we swop preteens for a week, at least we will have variety!

[Pippidoeswhatshewants]

Is yours a girl? I am tempted

Having cracked all the baby and toddler stuff life was so easy for a few years. I feel a bit cheated now that ds has turned into that.

[LastingLight]

Yep, mine is a girl. A friend with three dc told me years ago that just as you feel you have one stage under control the child moves on to the next stage!

[Pippidoeswhatshewants]

This morning he was crying. He didn't want to go into school and leave me all on my own.
I assured him that I would be fine and didn't want him to miss out on his education. Cried some more because I obviously wanted to get rid of him.

[LastingLight]

At least he still wants to spend time with you!