Now officially a mom to a high schooler...
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ldy_solana
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congrats, now to a new chapter of frustration for a parent, HIGH SCHOOL AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! i remember what i was like in high school and i think god is going to get me back for what i did to my mother.
kassia
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"And do what thee wilt as long as ye harm none"
kassia
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"And do what thee wilt as long as ye harm none"
buffettgirl
Cathlete
I wish you the best of luck. It's a scary world out there and the older they get, the bigger the worries. I pray your son reaches adulthood unscathed and you have much joy on the way.
Marie and Jen -
We should form a club - the parents' of new high schoolers club. My daughter graduates tomorrow night. That combined with the fact that I will hit the big 40 in a few months and the fact that she no longer looks like a little girl but a very pretty young lady, makes me feel old, really old.
Fortunately we get along pretty well considering her age (14) and all I can do is hope and pray that we've raised her to have common sense and to make good decisions.
We should form a club - the parents' of new high schoolers club. My daughter graduates tomorrow night. That combined with the fact that I will hit the big 40 in a few months and the fact that she no longer looks like a little girl but a very pretty young lady, makes me feel old, really old.
Fortunately we get along pretty well considering her age (14) and all I can do is hope and pray that we've raised her to have common sense and to make good decisions.
You know, I enjoyed the ceremony (to a point, I hate that they still do stupid things like "perfect attendance" awards and the reel with "most popular" and "cutest couple" - they're in 8th grade, for god's sake!), but I felt really emotional looking around at the kids and wondering how much things will start to change for them next year. I did not have a great time in high school so I try not to project that onto my own kids, but just seeing those cliques and some of the meaner personalities (i.e., some kids making faces when other kids were doing speeches; groups cheering like crazy for some kids and not at all for others) made me feel really sick. I do hope that teachers are more cognizant than they were back in the day, and that kids are more accepting of one another. We live in an academically awesome district which has a lot of professional turnover, so the kids at least are used to a lot of kids coming in and out of the district, so I am hoping that alleviates some of those issues you run into when you have a group that has been together since kindergarten.
It's very scary, isn't it?
The one GREAT thing is I am eagerly waiting for his summer reading list so that we can read the books together! I'm hoping they're books that I loved when I was that age. I'm such a geek!
:7
Marie
It's very scary, isn't it?
The one GREAT thing is I am eagerly waiting for his summer reading list so that we can read the books together! I'm hoping they're books that I loved when I was that age. I'm such a geek!
:7
Marie
endorphin_junkie
Cathlete
Hey Marie
That's a huge rite of passage for your son (and you as well;-) ). The eldest is forever the pioneer for us, going where no child of ours has gone beforeI have 2 in High School, just finishing up grades 11 and 9. I have found that, just as they were ready for the changes and new challenges that came with Kindergarten, they were ready for the changes and new challenges that high school offered them. I am loving watching them blossom and explore new subjects, ideas and activities. When my kids were little, I was in and out of the school helping out and knew the teachers and other parents, that changed a lot with high school I find it's more important now to go to open house and school events to get a feel for the school environment that the Kids spend so much time in. I hear you about the reading list, it been very exciting for me to be able to discuss books like 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 'Animal Farm' and 'Lord of the Flies' with my Kids
Take Care
Laurie
That's a huge rite of passage for your son (and you as well;-) ). The eldest is forever the pioneer for us, going where no child of ours has gone beforeI have 2 in High School, just finishing up grades 11 and 9. I have found that, just as they were ready for the changes and new challenges that came with Kindergarten, they were ready for the changes and new challenges that high school offered them. I am loving watching them blossom and explore new subjects, ideas and activities. When my kids were little, I was in and out of the school helping out and knew the teachers and other parents, that changed a lot with high school I find it's more important now to go to open house and school events to get a feel for the school environment that the Kids spend so much time in. I hear you about the reading list, it been very exciting for me to be able to discuss books like 'To Kill a Mockingbird', 'Animal Farm' and 'Lord of the Flies' with my Kids Take Care
Laurie
acatalina
Cathlete
Wait till they graduate college and have kids!!!
Then you feel old.
Anne
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Then you feel old.
Anne
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andtckrtoo
Cathlete
Marie - my DD graduates 8th grade Friday night. Our school had the award ceremony last week and only for academic, athletic and creative achievement (music, drama...), for which I was thankful.
I do know what you mean, though about high school. I do not look back that fondly either. I guess we'll just have to hold our breath, bite our tongues and be there for the good and bad. I'll pray for your DS, if you pray for my DD!
I do know what you mean, though about high school. I do not look back that fondly either. I guess we'll just have to hold our breath, bite our tongues and be there for the good and bad. I'll pray for your DS, if you pray for my DD!
exercise forever
Cathlete
Yes my children just finished the eighth grade and boy I'm wondering where did time go. I have boy and girl twins and everything comes at the same time. Drivers ed. is being introduced now and I'm very nervous.
I still call them my babies though. I said that out of the blue in a conversation with my friend last week. She just laughed at me.
kim
I still call them my babies though. I said that out of the blue in a conversation with my friend last week. She just laughed at me.
kim
Bobbi
Cathlete
My oldest daughter starts her Senior year next this fall and my younger daughter just completed her Freshman year. Happily, it has been all good. I had one starting high school, one starting junior high and one going into kindergarten not so long ago. That was kooky. Three schools and three active kids. We survived. You are NOT ancient, believe me. Around this joint, the young ones have a hard time keeping up with me, thanks to my devotion to working out and my tendancy to not sit still very well. Happily, my teenagers are great kids and they are doing their teen years and high school very smoothly. I am sure yours will too and I wish you great good luck as you reach that milestone!
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I had one starting high school, one starting junior high and one going into kindergarten not so long ago. That was kooky. Three schools and three active kids. We survived. You are NOT ancient, believe me. Around this joint, the young ones have a hard time keeping up with me, thanks to my devotion to working out and my tendancy to not sit still very well. Happily, my teenagers are great kids and they are doing their teen years and high school very smoothly. I am sure yours will too and I wish you great good luck as you reach that milestone! Bobbi "Chicks rule!"http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/tiere/animal-smiley-032.gif
Tell me what you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver
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Congrats! And I will tell you I found HS infinitly easier time than Middle School (at least in our town). In Middle School all the girls know their pecking order. They are popular or not. Now a days to be in the top middle school clique they have to be pretty, smart (but not tooo smart), athletic, and liked by boys.
In HS there are so many different groups, smart kids, athletes, theatre, all around "good kids/ kids into community service".
My DS has had serious medical issues and the kids in HS have been wonderful.
I hope you will be pleasantly suprised. Another nice thing with this generation - it's very cool to be close to your parents
In HS there are so many different groups, smart kids, athletes, theatre, all around "good kids/ kids into community service".
My DS has had serious medical issues and the kids in HS have been wonderful.
I hope you will be pleasantly suprised. Another nice thing with this generation - it's very cool to be close to your parents
Sunshine 1528
Cathlete
This week has been an "I feel old week" for me also.
My oldest turned 21 with my youngest moving from her Junior year to Senior year in high school.
So all I could think of was, in 4 years my "baby" will be 21.
Ohhhhhh . . . waaayyyy tooo scary. (Nevermind hitting the big 50 in a year and a half).x(
Oh well . . . thank goodness for exercising and staying young at heart and mind. :7
My oldest turned 21 with my youngest moving from her Junior year to Senior year in high school.
So all I could think of was, in 4 years my "baby" will be 21.
Ohhhhhh . . . waaayyyy tooo scary. (Nevermind hitting the big 50 in a year and a half).x(
Oh well . . . thank goodness for exercising and staying young at heart and mind. :7