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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I would not have let him miss the bus.  Obviously, not your best parenting moment, but hang in there. Tomorrow is another day. When I make parenting mistakes, I own up to it with my kids at the end of the day, and they are forgiving. But, I do tell them *why* I was so upset, and they usually apologize if they did wrong, and own up to it.

I think you were in a tough spot. How do you make a child get on the bus if the child physically refuses to budge?   I have seen parents allow their kids to not take the bus, and instead the parent will drive them to school. IMO, that's just giving in to your kid's tantrum.[/quote]

+1 on this.  Apologize without any buts (no I am sorry, but...).  Just apologize.
But a kid getting a smack one time is not an abused child.  Just a kid being raised by an imperfect parent, like most of us.[/quote]

I will apologize to him after school. Obviously not my proudest moment.

He had a massive attitude during breakfast when I asked him a few questions about his test today. It was obvious he was unprepared. I got upset because I asked him if he had any exams this week and he said he had no homework yesterday. [/quote]
I've been there OP.  I get upset at my kids for purposefully lying to me about HW and tests, and throw in the attitude, that would make it worse.

Lesson learned for both parties, hopefully, and  move on. [/quote]

Spring sports and activities just started. And cub scouts has been having like 2-3 meetings/activities per week. We are all getting used to sports starting up again.

DS is a good student. He is in AAP and math is moving quickly. Think he is frustrated because they are throwing SOL prep at school as well. I’m not trying to change the subject. We need better time management. I actually asked him yesterday if doing tennis and soccer was too much and he said no.[/quote]

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