Sometimes I wonder if I am delusional.A twelve year old is on the verge of.....something and that makes him delusional too,I guess.He seems to think he has skipped those few years called adolescence and has jumped right into adulthood.
Add homeschooling into this mix and it becomes a witches' brew indeed.I do not subscribe to the theory that parents are friends and you can treat them as such.So we have a tussle going on everyday at home.He thinks he can goof off and not take my admonitions seriously and I keep warning him that I will not let that happen-until,finally I blow my top and am,as a result, accused of not liking him,not wanting him to be happy and such juvenile accusations that to a more mature kid would probably sound like emotional blackmail.Not to him though,he who thinks he is an adult with equal footing in the house!
We are right now taking a break from each other-and I want a long one at that.Let's see who"breaks" first!!
I am sitting here going,"I need to read up on the circulatory system and and chemical formulae and ..",while he is at his desk humming something and twiddling his thumbs.
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