And then we read this essay by Francis Bacon- I didn't choose it, it's just where we are with AmblesideOnline, and it made me chortle:
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more than they can quiet; fly to the end, without consideration of the means and degrees; pursue some few principles, which they have chanced upon absurdly; care not to innovate, which draws unknown inconveniences; use extreme remedies at first; and, that which doubleth all errors, will not acknowledge or retract them; like an unready horse, that will neither stop nor turn.Yes. This.
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Okay, confession, update, apology, etc. Two things:
One- I gave some advice in this post a while ago. I said this:
... it's important to know that if the people you have always loved and found to be delightful companions are suddenly raging idiots who annoy you merely by existing, it's probably NOT something they are doing.And that's probably all I really need to say, except that in expiation I will suggest that it's been well over a year, maybe two, since I last, er, needed this advice.
Two- The youngest three (ages 13, 16, and 21) occasionally watch Waverly Place together on the 21 year old's computer. I've never seen it. The mother is hispanic and apparently at times when she is tried beyond her limits, like Ricky Ricardo, she goes off into tirades in her native language. What does this have to do with this post? This:
Today my son overheard his sisters say something about the actress being Hispanic.
"Really?" he said, "I didn't know she was Hispanic. Are you sure?"
They looked at him, thunderstruck.
"Well, yeah," said the 21 year old. "What did you think was going on when she goes off on those rants in Mexican?"
"I dunno," said my beleaguered boy. "When Mom gets going that's just how she sounds to me."
I've been telling people all along we do not speak the same language.
13 is a difficult age for boys. I have one as well. He's been a grouch all day.
ReplyDeleteThis is too too funny. And very clarifying...in a weird sort of way. I tell ya, if a mom can survive raising sons she can survive anything. Like mother like Daughter has an amazing post about 13 year old sons that I recommend to everyone. I wish I wrote it!
ReplyDeleteJill Farris (mom to 8 including a 14 and 15 year old son-sigh)
chocolate...it's an amazing thing. I often handed it to my 11, 12 & 13yo boys and said come talk to me in 20 minutes...worked most of the time. Does not work nearly as well on their sister but I think her hormones are in overdrive right now!
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