At 8.20 this morning DD told me she needed an apron, container, dishcloth and tea towel to take to school for DT later this morning. I asked her did She also need ingredients and she said no it just said on her timetable to take the things She had mentioned. I told her to check google classroom just to be sure .
8.30 am I find her in the bathroom brushing her hair. I ask again about ingredients and she mutters something like 'I'm just not going to do
It today anyway'
I tell her to show me google classroom do she brings her iPad over.
Lo and behold there's a long list of ingredients She needs for a class starting at 10.30, half of which I don't have.
Then I see her IPad screen has several large cracks on it.
I bought it her for Xmas and can never usually afford to buy something like that brand new but was able to last year. I also brought her a case to put it in. I'm constantly saying to her ' put your iPad back in its case', constantly.
Turns out it was on her bedroom floor and she stepped on it and cracked it. She then told me she was sad when it happened. I think that was her apology!!
To cap it all she came home from school yesterday and was upset because she'd got detention anc the teacher had shouted it out in front of the whole class. She said it was because she'd got a zero in a maths test and the teacher had said she'd obviously made no effort.
When I checked her online school system this morning turns out it was because she hadn't done 2 lots of homework.
All this on top of her generally lying about things, having no sense of personal hygiene, forgetting things all the time and generally not giving a damn has just broken Me today.
I couldn't even look at her or trust myself to speak.
I know I'll get over it and have already calmed down and started thinking of a suitable punishment etc but she went to school and I just cried. I never normally do that but I'd just had enough today.
Thanks if you've managed to get through all that. I just needed a small rant.
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StarCourt · 28/05/2021 09:58
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