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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I absolutely hate parenting as of January 2021. I did my best the rest of this pandemic, but Im tapped out. I have nothing left to give my kids in terms of attention, entertainment, school help. Nothing. [/quote]

NP here. SAME. I have had a breakdown every weekend for 4 weekends now - this morning is the 4th. I cannot take this any longer. I am so angry with my 10 yo, who I know is struggling. I feel like DH undermines me with parenting. I am tired of preparing meals, ordering out, having nowhere to go. I hope it's the weather that has gotten to me, and that I can come up with this. But honestly, I'm wondering what the minimum is that would be required to get me locked up in a mental hospital for a week. Drug me, put me in a bed. I don't effing care.

And yes, I'm seeing a therapist. Kids are in therapy. DH is in therapy. It feels like an effing disaster around here.[/quote]

I am the OP and I am sending you a huge hug. You are not alone!! [/quote]

Thanks OP. I'm the one who posted this morning. I've tried disappearing... they find me. Every time I leave, they ask where I went.

What's getting me now is that I can't reliably trust my 10 year old to make any good decisions. It's like she has completely devolved to a 3 year old who tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants immediately. Some of this, I'm sure is due to Covid, and being without consistent structure, not seeing friends. Some is due to both DH and I working and needing uninterrupted time - so we quickly gave up reasonable hope of controlling screen time. Unfortunately that has come back to bite us in the ass. We have some controls in place, but when you are 5 min out from a client or board call and she is screaming, it's nearly impossible not to give in. She has us by the cajones. I am so effing angry the kids aren't in school. We are FCPS, so... soon. But dammit, I need 5 days. This is insane.

And no, I do not need or want a lecture about how school is not daycare. I cannot do my job well when my kid is home. And yes, my employer and boss are empathetic.

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