preteens...ugh!

[rlynn411]

My son is 12 and in 6th grade. All I can say is what a difference a year makes..

I can handle bad attitude and bad music but I am so not ready for the "girl" thing. My son ask if I can drop him and a friend off at the movies... no problem. Come to find out they want to meet up with some girl friends from school. My son showers, does hair, even slaps on some deoderant, brushes his teeth....finds the perfect pair of jeans to wear. All things I use to have to threaten his life with to do!

He's about ready to leave and he comes out and ask where his cologne is. I'm starting to think his interest is more than just friendly in this girl.....but I humor him. I , so I let him know he has to take trash out before he goes and he tell me..... but mom, I just got a prettied up.....by now I'm about ready to die.... so I help my junior Romeo so not to mess up all effort in appearing neat and tidy. I am so not ready for this!!!! I really thought girls still had a yuck factor at this age, I am seeing I am so wrong!!! I thought I still had time to prepare for this. Lord help me!!!

[catssass]

I'll trade ya a 15 yr. old girl...lol I would rather deal with a boy than the little "drama" queen I have, I survived with my son(now 24) and its wonderful when they hit 19-20, he actually turned out to be a great kid ...Thank God!

[rlynn411]

I also have a daughter soon to be 9.....she has that drama queen gene also... I wish kids came with a manual. Guess they grow up quicker these days!

[catssass]

This is the good thing about having mine 10 yrs apart, I got to recuperate and regroup in-between...LOL

[FrannieJ74]

I have to say, when I saw the topic of this post I almost laughed out loud. I have 4 girls, 2 1/2, 4, 10 (tomorrow), and 12 (will be 13 in May). They are all drama queens! lol I see the stages my 12 yr old went thru at 9/10 that my second is now going thru. I am so not ready either! my oldest has had a few different boyfriends this year and they never last more than a week. Every day she comes home telling me about some new tragedy or excitement in regards to her friends and new boyfriends. I do not remember being like this at that age, but they grow up so soon these days! I don't know if I'll survive this! lol Boy, do I look forward to the day they are grown and not so fickle!

[sivohdarba]

Wow can I relate! My dd is 11. I was warned, but not prepared for all this boy stuff! The phone starts ringing as soon as she gets off the bus and doesn't stop until I have had enough and ask them nicely to please NOT call after a certain hour! Now we have boys calling who have 3 way on their parents phones! Two boys calling together to talk to her. She also calls them at home too. Not only the boy she likes, but the boys who like her friends as well. They ALL call each other....all evening long! I know she LOVES the attention, but I don't like it!! She frets in front of the mirror all morning long, and changes clothes a kazillion times on the weekends when we are in and out running errands. She is also keeping a diary with the key hidden extremely well! I promised her I would never read it. And I won't.
My husband is about ready to lock her in her room and home school her, and I am feeling a bit conflicted about all of it. While I know it is normal for kids this age to notice the opposite sex it still drives me crazy that it is happening. Oh, and not to mention seeing her flirt for the first time the other night at Family Reading Night at her school. I wasn't into boys until I was in at least 7th grade. Even then I would die at the thought of calling them, or flirting with them!

[ang in NC]

Just wait till girls turn around 17, major drama queens!

[1tiredmom]

yep got me a 16 year dd and the things that they tell each other & so boldly tell EXACTLY what they are thinking makes me want to run for cover

[nanajoanie]

It was so much easier to raise my 2 boys than my daughter. About the worse they did was break stuff around the house and yard. Girls are so scary and moody. Guess I didn't like revisiting my own growing up thru hers.

[ajksmom]

I know what you are dealing with, I have a 6th grader who will be 12 in July and he is doing the exact same things, they are funny though. And now with Jessie it's mom can I use the phone? I swear he is on it a whole lot more than my 15 year old daughter.

[bears984]

I understand what you are talking about my son is 13 he is mouthy, and everytime we tell him to do something his attitude flairs up like the hulk! But he is not that much interested in girls at all. I don't give the kids a chance to use the home phone we use it only for the computer and use the cell phones for everything else and I will not let them give the cell phone numbers out to there friends. I have a 8 year old daughter that I would trade for 50 boys LOL she is sassy and and thinks that if she does not have the right clothes she will just die! My son will wear anything he is to lazy to care what he looks like and I will be glad when he get the interested in girls so that he will take better care of himself!