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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's 12. He's almost a man. You sound like you are helicoptering. Its so loud, I hear the chopper blades rattling my windows. Let him grow up and stop micromanaging him.[/quote]

12 is almost a man? Huh? You know, you don't really become a man on your bar mitzvah.[/quote]

Yes, 12 is almost a man. Duh! At 14 he'll be shaving. Folks, stop babying your boys![/quote]

My 15 year old still doesn't shave.

But you have a funny definition of a man. By your definition we should be letting 14 year-olds drink, get married, sign contracts, serve in the military. Shut up adn stop babying that 12 year old! Give him a beer and a gun and send him to war![/quote]

Not the PP but you know and I know that is not what she meant. Does your guilt drive you to say things like beer and guns?  What the heck.  Just incase you don't understand,  she meant stop micromanaging their lives.  Stop thinking every little fault is a disorder, every little moment of not being a perky happy kid is depression. Every time they get nervous, it is anxiety.  Everytime they can't concentrate it must be ADHD.  Hormones are kicking in at 12.  Rebellion too.  Not being sure about yourself. Wanting to be something your not.  Watching your body grown, expectations to behave better but you still treated like a child. More demands from school.  More demands from home.  Middle Schools sucks for 99% of the population.  Kids take things out on their parents.  This isn't anything new.  [/quote]

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