Who Is That Kid?

     As I have said on my profile I am the mother of five pretty amazing kids (I know we all say our kids are amazing,) but I do not delude myself that they are perfect.  None of us are perfect so why would our offspring be? 

     On Friday of last week my usually amazing 13 year old kid (Smart mouthed, but very smart) amazed me by having two emails sent to me at work that his behavior had become downright awful and that he was being disrespectful to them in his classes.  Let's just say that I was shocked that he would have the nerve to tell his teachers that he didn't care if they called me.  I am super duper strict. 

     While I am HORRIFIED that he would do this in school; I am more concerned that the school waited until it got this bad to actually contact me.  When I called to make contact, they said that my son had been in the office a lot lately and I was not called or emailed when any of these behaviors occured.  I could have stopped it from going this far!

   Two weeks before, my son was an hour late from the time he is supposed to be home from school.  I was at work and helpless since my husband and I share one vehicle.  I was livid.  I know that he is 13, but we don't live in the best neighborhood in the world and that was breaking one of the unbreakable rules that I have at home.  Never be late without letting me know where you are.  This was following one email from the past that he was acting out in class and that his grades were dropping.   I had threatned to go to his school all day long and treat him like a child if he's gonna act like one.  He begged and cried for me not to do it and that his behavior would improve.  Then those damn emails came.... not even two weeks later.  So I did what any crazy strict parent would do; I called and got clearance to do what they used to do in the past to make us behave.  Embarass the hell out of him  and become a seventh grader for the day. 

     It took clearance from administration and the principal to do this, but I am a pretty determined mom, so by Friday evening everything was set in place; to walk with and be with my son all long.  I want to see the enviroment he is exposed to, the people that he's interacting with, and what other factors could contribute than utter rebellion that could've caused such a dramatic change in my son's behavior... And so for one day instead of 13 going on 30, I will be 30 going on 13.