I am so glad for Seth that he is not like me. I told him last night I was proud of him and he just looked at me funny and said, "For what?" He is outgoing and personable, he likes people. When I was a teen I was cripplingly shy which made me seem even more backwards than I was and stupid. I wasn't stupid but no one ever knew that because I couldn't talk to people or join in. Seth is definitely not like that. Last night he went to a volleyball game with some friends he hadn't seen in years, friends he took the initiative to contact and then make plans with. He doesn't understand why I find that incredible.
These kids are such different animals than what I was when I was a teen. I don't know what public school kids have to go through today, but, I grew up in days of hippies and free love, lots of drugs and sex and, of course, the best rock n roll. At Seth's age I had already moved away from home and was pregnant. Seth has never even kissed a girl.
The funniest things happened at the last gig he worked on with his Dad. Some guy that worked at the bar and Seth got to talking about music, drums, what Seth does and towards the end of the night he told Seth... "Man, I could so get you laid." Seth just looked at him and told him, "My Mom would KILL me!"
Yeah, he's Mama's boy :)
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Seth is such an amazing kid! You've done a good job mama!
As far as public school goes..it's the same. Sex, drugs, but the music isn't as good. At 14 Erin knows more than I did at her age, but in a less mature way I think. There seems to be a level of denial about any of it mattering. I don't think that they understand the consequences of their actions, and there is a sense of entitlement. My friend who is a high school teacher and I just had a talk about the narcissism that this generation seems to have. They seem to think they should get what they want just because they want it, and if they happen to be going through a "tough time" they shouldn't have to be responsible for their actions.
I don't feel that David and I have given Erin everything she wants or not held her responsible for her actions, in fact we seem to be fairly strict parents compared to other parents I've talked to and yet Erin has these same expectations and doesn't understand why she can't just have what she wants when she wants it.
It really worries me that she'll be 18 in four short years!
I know that Seth (and Levi) have missed out on a lot of growing up experiences by being homeschooled but when I look at in retrospect I am so glad I did it this way.
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