No where else to vent this stuff so here I go...
We've got a good kid. 12 years old, very athletic, funny, smart, etc. Makes A's in school, plays select baseball, hunts & fishes, goes to church.
Unfortunately, he is pushing mom and me over the edge with attitude, disrespect and general not give a s***. Mostly in the last year (6th grade) Seems like he lives in an unhappy, borderline angry state. Doesn't get in trouble (never been to principle), don't think he gets in fights that I know of, gets along with others on baseball team fine. Not a bully to my knowledge. Smarts off a lot. The real downside is he often has a negative attitude. Sometimes, its angry, sometimes its disrespectful, sometimes its just discontent for everything and seems to focus on negatives a lot. Sort of thinks everyone is out to get him, i.e. teacher doesn't like him, coach yells at him more than others...oh, and he has a passion for twisting the actual story as it happened..
We constantly try to reinforce positives and punish regularly and consistently for the problems above, but doesn't seem to have much effect.
We are assuming this is a little bit normal for a 12 year old boy, but dang. Lot going on at that age I know. I am sure this is part of a phase that they go through but trying our nerve is an understatement.
Thanks for listening.
We've got a good kid. 12 years old, very athletic, funny, smart, etc. Makes A's in school, plays select baseball, hunts & fishes, goes to church.
Unfortunately, he is pushing mom and me over the edge with attitude, disrespect and general not give a s***. Mostly in the last year (6th grade) Seems like he lives in an unhappy, borderline angry state. Doesn't get in trouble (never been to principle), don't think he gets in fights that I know of, gets along with others on baseball team fine. Not a bully to my knowledge. Smarts off a lot. The real downside is he often has a negative attitude. Sometimes, its angry, sometimes its disrespectful, sometimes its just discontent for everything and seems to focus on negatives a lot. Sort of thinks everyone is out to get him, i.e. teacher doesn't like him, coach yells at him more than others...oh, and he has a passion for twisting the actual story as it happened..
We constantly try to reinforce positives and punish regularly and consistently for the problems above, but doesn't seem to have much effect.
We are assuming this is a little bit normal for a 12 year old boy, but dang. Lot going on at that age I know. I am sure this is part of a phase that they go through but trying our nerve is an understatement.
Thanks for listening.
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