2 sides

...to every story.

But we knew that, right?

Turns out that the milk and name-calling incident wasn't in isolation (but you knew that right? I did.).

Turns out that number one son is showing up on the radar screen at school on a regular basis. Yes, he gets called names (and I'm still sympathetic), but he also has a mean streak with name calling himself. It goes back to my previous comments about his lack of self-control and not knowing his boundaries.

I stand by what I said before. He *is a good kid. But I've had my share of frustrations with him and I certainly understand what his teachers are saying. He's been making some bad choices. Not juvenile delinquent choices, but bad judgment choices about what's appropriate in certain situations. A lack of respect for boundaries, a lack of commitment to an effort to do his best, a lack of focus and attention in class. I could go on.

What to do? When does a situation go beyond parenting judgments and into the realm of talking to someone about it - a counselor, therapist, a doctor? I want to give him the tools he needs for success and happiness. I don't want him labeled, I don't want him to be frustrated, I don't want him to fail. I want him to be happy. Isn't that what any parent wants?