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What a night last night.
This is going to be a long post, but I have to vent. Last night did not go well, thanks to SD8, but I have to say I'm very happy with how my DW handled things. Things have really changed around here and man I'm glad that DW listened to me and is actively parenting SD8 when she is here.
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New School Year, Same SD (for three years running)
To think, once upon a time SD8's Kindergarten teacher thought she might have been gifted...
We are now on year 3 of the same terrible school behavior from SD, and I don't see it stopping anytime soon.
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Halloween (again)
So, this has been a relatively quiet week with SD8 here this week. She's been on pretty good behavior - other than not getting her work done at school or at home and having to turn in incomplete work. No temper tantrums about homework, nothing. Relatively quiet.
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SD made DW feel terrible this weekend.
It was our week with SD8 this week, and it wasn't without its moments - but it was relatively quiet during the week. Then the weekend rolled around and SD8 was terrible and extremely mouthy - to the point DW lost it.
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Follow up to pasta.
So, SD8 again brought home work that she didn't finish in class or in aftercare. DW told her to go to dining table to complete it.
SD8 starts yelling and whining that "It's not faaaaaiiir." "Why do I have to do it NOW?"
DW lost it. She told SD8 in no uncertain terms that we are not going to do this again this year. We are not having a repeat of this behavior. She will do her homework when she gets home from school, without complaint, or she will be grounded. Period. DW was PISSED.
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I'm special because....
...I like pasta.
That was the answer to a question that SD8 had on a classwork assignment her second day of class. It was (predictably) not finished in class or aftercare, and come home as homework. This school has a no homework policy and gives students ample time to complete in class and at aftercare.
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One week until school starts
SD8 starts school in one week. So, unless something major changes since last year, it will be back to daily temper tantrums about doing her homework, weekly notes home from school, etc.
Maybe I shouldn't be so negative, but I'm trying to prepare myself for this again.
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The birthday dinner is over...
The day did not start off well, as I've come down with some type of cold. So I wasn't in a great mood, but I sucked it up. We went to a seafood restaurant for SD8's birthday. As I mentioned in previous blogs, this is BioDad's week with SD8 and SD8 was even confused about why we were having this joint dinner together. Of course I did not want to go, but I agreed to it and I kept my word.
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Taking care of children
One thing I've been wondering about lately in my life is why it seems like SD8's parents just do not want to take care of her. Not that they aren't loving or caring towards her, but why they don't do things that would obviously help SD.
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Funny that SD validated my concern about the bday party
So, after a long argument with DW and me sleeping on the couch one night because I was standing my ground on the issue, we have come to an agreement on the birthday issue (albeit not easily).