to be surprised by dd1s revision timetable

[Crevix]

1. i am surprised she has one at all. she has not inherited my inate laziness.

1. she has drawn it onto her bedroom wall. not on paper. her point being that if it was paper it would be too easy to hide or lose.

what do i do with her?

how old is she?

Stop her pocket money til she pays for new wallpaper?

she alrady 'painted' it in a fit of boredom during the summer holidays and it is now covered al over with colourful hand prints, stars and hearts. looks pretty good too.

i can't tell her off for making ab loody timetable can i?

Of course you can if she wrote it on the wall?

On the other hand if it doesn't bother you...then no I suppose

Sorry, I'm confused. What is it you want advice on exactly?

Oh, I was fabulous at revision timetables. I used to start nice and early, everything was colour coded and plenty of time for nights off. It was the actual revision I had priblems with.

She's 15, she's done a revision timetable without being nagged asked! I'd be thrilled. Does it matter if it's on her bedroom wall? It's her room, she can always put more handprints over it next summer.

I think it's a tongue in cheek enquiry!

Crevix you should take her out partying and show her what real 15 year olds are doing these days

depends where your boundaries are?

there would be serious consequences if one of my children treated their room like this and they know it

you don't sound like you care about it so that's fine

i want to say 'dear child, please stop drawing on walls, you are not banksy' but feel i can't as i am in awe at her revision planning.

Wait a minute!

Shes 15 you say. She PAINTED her room cos she was bored???She came up with an artwork design for it????? (it doesnt sound like a grafitti wall). She has made a revision timetable WITHOUT PROMPTING and put it somewhere she cannot lose it ??????

Where on earth do you buy one of them!

If my two showed that much initiative and ownership of their own life by the time they are 15, I am going to be over the moon!

put like that rhonda i shall bask in the glory of my successful parenting.

and try to forget my miseable failures with d2.

Could be worse, when I was about 15, I painted one of my bedroom Walls black with 'sisters of mercy' artistically written on silver pen.

Go and give her a big hug and a kiss crevix, she sounds fab.

It totally depends on what your priorities are. Mt DD 15 also graffitied her room, her room, not mine 'cos when she leaves I'll paint it. Actually, she painted it but I secretly took photos of things she'd written. Like "Mum is a XXXXXXX", copious amount of willy drawings and her height charts from when she was 10, drawn onto the doorpost. If your DD is that responsible and actually does the timetable, then hats off to her!

Theres a world of difference to me between them taking an interest and personalising their room, and damaging something or being destructive with it, but maybe Ive just spent too much time project managing urban arts programmes for young people!

I remember your other thread Leave her to it I think.