Fed up with attitude

MaineLonghorn
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:33:28 +0000

Our middle son was a real PITA. He hated us, would never step foot in Maine again, etc., etc. He was going off on a gap year program (that he raised the money for), and I told him a week before he left that I couldn’t WAIT for him to be gone. So he got all offended, ha.

Flash forward a year and a half. After doing a second gap year program (again he raised all the money), he is living at home, working as a bank teller to save money for college (we will help out as much as we can). He says thank you often, tells us he loves us, pays rent without being reminded (I will surprised him and give all of that back to him at some point), etc. He’s a totally different person at 20 than he was at 18. If HE can change like that, I think just about any kid can!

Our older son, the one whose mental illness started at age 18, never went through that phase as a teenager. He saved it up for age 22! Yikes. He’s getting through it now, but it was a rough few months.

Our youngest, a high school senior, hasn’t been too bad, but I’m expecting it to happen before long.