so these are my children with behavioral problems. jule can't seem to stay on green at school and doesn't seem to need to listen to directions or turn in his homework (which he does and puts in his backpack every night.) last night i worked until 10pm. during this time, mike called because our landlord (and friend) dick palagyi called and said a friend had called him to tell him about kids in the yard knocking out headlights on cars. he didn't think my kids would do this, but was calling to check into it. owen admitted he and davis (his best friend,whose parents are wonderful and he gets raised well also) took a hammer and knocked out the headlights on a suburban and dicks 67 camaro out back. we keep an eye on them, and hammering is normal because he usually builds out there. so, i was totally floored to learn that this was what they were doing. so, being the mother i am, i called my police friends. the boys were visited by the lake havasu police department at the house last night and the head sheriff of san bernadino county this morning (which talked to owen for 15 minutes). they made a big impression on him. the boys learned that juvinall halll is kid jail and that is where kids go that break the rules. owen was given 3 choices. 1. get a ticket and see a judge which would send him to juvinall hall, 2. go straight to juvinal hall if he can't seem to be good and there is no hope, or 3. let mom take care of it and work off the damages and be on probation. he chose #3. so, the boys spent the day cleaning up the yard at work from 9:30 this morning until now, we will leave soon. i had them pick up all cigarette butts, dog poop, foam scraps, wood chips, anything and everything that was trash. i also made them do the car lot next door because we ran out of trash to pick up. tomorrow they will do the yard at home and the house if the yard runs out of things to do. hope they learn their lesson. ian, on the other hand has been spending the day having fun with my friend terry because he can be good, do his homework and turn it in and not vandalize property. at least i have one out of three behaving. oh, he also taught himself to make omlets so he has had one every day this week. Saturday, January 26, 2008
juvinal hall
so these are my children with behavioral problems. jule can't seem to stay on green at school and doesn't seem to need to listen to directions or turn in his homework (which he does and puts in his backpack every night.) last night i worked until 10pm. during this time, mike called because our landlord (and friend) dick palagyi called and said a friend had called him to tell him about kids in the yard knocking out headlights on cars. he didn't think my kids would do this, but was calling to check into it. owen admitted he and davis (his best friend,whose parents are wonderful and he gets raised well also) took a hammer and knocked out the headlights on a suburban and dicks 67 camaro out back. we keep an eye on them, and hammering is normal because he usually builds out there. so, i was totally floored to learn that this was what they were doing. so, being the mother i am, i called my police friends. the boys were visited by the lake havasu police department at the house last night and the head sheriff of san bernadino county this morning (which talked to owen for 15 minutes). they made a big impression on him. the boys learned that juvinall halll is kid jail and that is where kids go that break the rules. owen was given 3 choices. 1. get a ticket and see a judge which would send him to juvinall hall, 2. go straight to juvinal hall if he can't seem to be good and there is no hope, or 3. let mom take care of it and work off the damages and be on probation. he chose #3. so, the boys spent the day cleaning up the yard at work from 9:30 this morning until now, we will leave soon. i had them pick up all cigarette butts, dog poop, foam scraps, wood chips, anything and everything that was trash. i also made them do the car lot next door because we ran out of trash to pick up. tomorrow they will do the yard at home and the house if the yard runs out of things to do. hope they learn their lesson. ian, on the other hand has been spending the day having fun with my friend terry because he can be good, do his homework and turn it in and not vandalize property. at least i have one out of three behaving. oh, he also taught himself to make omlets so he has had one every day this week. 
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
i go through my omelet phases.
wowi wow wow, beck. you're amazing raising three wildly imaginative boys. i remember doing stupid stuff with friends when i was younger. i smeared peanut butter on the signs of my junior high and stuck sucked-on gummy bears on the gym lockers with jamie in 7th grade. it was a blast but once we told her mom what we had done we realized that it was not exactly an okay thing to do.
i'm sure smashing headlights is a lot of fun but they've learned their lesson i'm sure. they're both good kids and it probably only takes one wake-up call for them to figure things out. hey, it's great you have someone to pick up crap around the work grounds!
oh, i'll be checking out the thrift store in globe very soon!! i'll let you know what's up with that.
heh, at least ian is behaving! i'm always grateful that so far i have at least one out of two who is well behaved at any given moment...
boys can be tough in the destructive/irresponsible risk taking way.
Post a Comment