It took us 2 1/2 hours to walk it.

Jun 15, 2021
9:59:45am

Blue Print All-American

But if it was too far, I'd drop him off 2 miles from the school and let him walk the rest of the way. With the promise that next time it will be 3 miles and then 4 the time after that.

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Awesome start to the day...

BerkeleyCoug

6/15/21 7:08am

Angry, tantrumy 12 year old?

LiveCoug

6/15/21 7:10am

My daughter is almost 14. I remember 12 being particularly probe to

JarJarBeeps

6/15/21 7:20am

Sounds to me like it was the adults that were angry and tantrumy

supertux

6/15/21 9:03am

Silent treatment huh? Wonder where the 12 year old learned the tatrums from.....

Ojiisan

6/15/21 7:15am

Parenting is hard. I’ve never hit my kids but I do yell occasionally. My wife

MormonThug

6/15/21 7:15am

being ignored is the worst.

LeonMarek

6/15/21 7:26am

We’ve all been there if we’ve had kids that age. I’m sure you’re a good dad.

ForzaPuma

6/15/21 7:21am

My solution was to make my child walk to school.

Blue Print

6/15/21 7:27am

Make the consequences of their decisions painful. I dig it.

Backcountry

6/15/21 7:28am

We had the opposite issue with my daughter.

JarJarBeeps

6/15/21 7:31am

That might be worse.

Blue Print

6/15/21 7:32am

I like it, but unfortunately we're too far from the school to feasibly walk.

BerkeleyCoug

6/15/21 7:50am

Siberia

Backcountry

6/15/21 8:06am

It took us 2 1/2 hours to walk it.

Blue Print

6/15/21 9:59am

I did this with my son and he hasn’t missed the bus since.

ProvoSoprano

6/15/21 8:38am

Reminded me of a dumb incident with my dad also over brushing my teeth. I came

MormonThug

6/15/21 7:30am

Very well said.

JarJarBeeps

6/15/21 7:33am

My Dad was extremely patient with me when I was growing up. I have very few

BerkeleyCoug

6/15/21 8:03am

If I got the silent treatment every time I yelled at my kids, my wife and I

shoganai

6/15/21 7:45am

We had a 12yo son melt down all of yesterday. Sorry man. They suck. Good luck.

IAmSpartyCoug

6/15/21 7:52am

My 12 year-old melted down last night because she had to eat a hamburger or hot dog before she could get a popsicle.

sethj250

6/15/21 7:59am

Thanks for posting, helps me feel like I'm not alone in my suffering w/ a 12yo

cougarmeister

6/15/21 8:53am

Next time just leave him home and ask his teachers to give him 2x the homework he would've received in class. Don't let

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