Differently Abled (fly your freak flag high)

[ravfem]

Originally Posted by SuperFemme

for the most part my kids are really good, but sometimes they can work my brain injury in their favor. it makes me insane.

truthfully it makes me insane because i am never sure who is right. i can swear i said be home at midnite and the teen will stare at me defiantly and swear i didn't give a time.

mostly, i write important things down, but sometimes it is crazy making. the good news is that 98% of the time they are super protective of me.

it's been a long road to that point.

i was gonna suggest writing things down.

Tony would do that to me too....i think that's a teen thing in general, seeing how much they can get over on us. i finally started writing his curfews down on the dry erase board in the kitchen, and made sure he knew he was responsible for looking at it on the way out the door, that way he had to stop using the, "i didn't know what time curfew was" excuse. Also taught him that the ignorance defense in general wasn't gonna fly.

He is also protective of me. When we're out and i'm navigating steps or rough terrain, he walks slightly ahead and keeps an eye on me. It makes me so proud of him.

In general, teens really are as bad as all the cliches about them.