My kids drive me NUTS when they...(SQOTD #7)

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My kids drive me NUTS when they...

Permalink Reply by Helen on October 26, 2008 at 1:53pm: *sigh*
Lately, it's when my teenaged daughter takes things out of the house and they don't come back again...I don't know why she doesn't seem to have any regard for other's possessions. I've decided everytime she takes something and leaves it somwhere, I'm taking something of hers and she won't get it back till my stuff gets returned. Nothing else has worked up till now!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mary on October 27, 2008 at 9:25am: 1. Scream at each other.

2. when they both speak at the same time.

3. when my daughter "cries" to get her brother in trouble.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Noreen on November 3, 2008 at 8:42pm: ...she doesn't respond when something has happened, say at school or something! It worries me because I am afraid if something really bad were to happen, it would take me forever to get the details to be able to respond, you know? I'm not speaking of something she has done, but something that happened to her -- it is maddening and like pulling teeth. Once, when she was pretty little, I picked her up from preschool and she had a round hole, about the size of a 50 cent piece, in a brand new, expensive T-shirt her aunt bought her. It was right in front in the chest area. I asked her what happened and she couldn't/didn't tell me. I became angry and finally after a very long time, she said, "I think so and so did it." Well, come to find out, some other kid cut a hole in her shirt with a pair of scissors he grabbed while the teacher wasn't looking because he didn't like her shirt!! Oh man, that was scary! I was mortified and so was the mom of the kid. Sometimes it's still hard to get info out of her and I don't know why.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jaye on November 7, 2008 at 3:20pm: always want your attention when there's no way possible to give it to them at that time, and then WHINE about it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Crista Talbert on November 7, 2008 at 7:42pm: Talk to me while I am on the phone. Drives me crazy!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eva on November 14, 2008 at 3:34pm: tell me at 10:00 pm they volunteered to bring cupcakes for the party tomorrow. How many cupcakes? Only enough to feed the entire 7th grade.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by AJ on November 14, 2008 at 4:08pm: Won't stop talking when I'm trying to watch my favorite show...so I have to rewind it a gazillion times to try and figure out what they just said. Finally I just give up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bonnie Irving on November 19, 2008 at 1:52pm: Eva said:
tell me at 10:00 pm they volunteered to bring cupcakes for the party tomorrow. How many cupcakes? Only enough to feed the entire 7th grade.

UGH!!! my kids have done this and they have learned that when they do that.. they have a pretty good chance of not getting it...

I dont do the ( OH MOM this is so urgent that i didnt think to tell you until now ) thing...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bonnie Irving on November 28, 2008 at 12:52pm: This my Sson's standard answer! I have gotten to the point where i say, "Bill,( his name is william) That is NOT an acceptable answer, try again.

Sherri McKnight said:
Pretend that they don't know something just because it's easier to say "I don't know" than it is to give an intelligent answer!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

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