Sorry but I have to blow off steam! My son has coasted all his school life did ok in his Gcse and badly in his As. His school werent very helpful and gave him the wrong advice re uni. They basically told him he'd get no offers which demotivated him even more. I decided to take the bull by the horns phoned the admin tutor for the uni he always dreamed of going to he said that with my sons predicted grades his sporting ability and a good personal statement / reference he had a chance . My son didn't think he would get any offers he had an ok parents evening then that night he got the two offers he wanted . I thought that would be it he would now work well how wrong I was he did a bit of work with a lot of nagging and went back to school and decided to do his usual trick of misleading me telling me how well he done in tests / homework without me prompting him . He did mock on Monday which he got the school to delay for him ( more fool them! ) I just had an email from the head of department to tell me he's failed his mock badly ! We sent it to him and he said oh that was the beginning of the week I've done all the work now I know it! My girlfriends still coming for dinner? WTF ! We've been through tears at the beginning of term cos hes so upset he dosent know what to do with his life then he gets what he wants and is in the same process of going to fail all over again! If he doesn't want to go to uni fine but he says he does? I'm more annoyed he's mislead me ! We've had a massive row cos of the girlfriend and going out on top of which I have flu so I don't want any dinner guests thanks ! He's now sitting in the car cos he's scared of me! Cos I threw the remote at him cos he wouldn't leave my bedroom cos he wanted to talk to me and frankly I've had enough he wants to explain that the school are wrong! I JUST WANT TO KILL HIM ......
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