Texting Crazy Kids

My 6th grade daughter brought home a note from school today and I seriously had to shake my head after I read it.

The note was regarding the issue that the school is having with the 6th grade and YOUNGER kids texting during class!!!!!! They are sending out a permission slip asking to take the kids phones in the morning and then the kids can have them back after school.

It took me back to when I was in the 6th grade. We got in trouble for passing notes and doodling on our Trapper Keepers!!! I think it is really to bad that our kids education is now in competition with cell phones!!!

My daughter doesn't have a cell phone, so the note didn't apply to us, thankfully. She does have some friends her age with cell phones though and there is nothing wrong with it, if they need to keep in touch with their parents. My question is do the kids really need them in the classroom? I would be willing to bet that a few parents will have big issues with the kids having to give up their phones. Just makes sense to me, MY OPINION ONLY!!!!

Kudos to the school for taking a stand on texting!!! Now they just need to work on the bully issue!!!!

BULLIES

I just have to vent for a minute!!!

Twice this week I have heard stories of my friend's kids getting bullied and man it makes me so dang mad!!! Today I actually witnessed one of the incidents myself. A junior high student picking on an elementary student on the walk home from school. This boy was so disrespectful that he didn't even hesitate to yell his foul words of hate with an adult outside!!! I have to wonder if he had ever been taught any manners what so ever!!!?? Needless to say I was on the phone with the boys Mom(not the mean one)and she will be up at the school tomorrow morning trying to find names.

I know kids can be mean and it is to be expected but I guess my issue is as adults, why are we helpless to make a difference? You go to the schools and they tell you that "they can't do much about it unless it gets physically violent" and that has to be at the school. You consider going to the parents but unfortunately some parents think of it as a joke or get defensive at the thought that their kids might be a bully "how dare you imply...."!!!

It's a no win situation and the only people who really lose in the end are our children. I was bullied as a child, I was in the 4th grade and my bullies were in the 6th grade and you know that still bothers me today!!! It has been 23 years but I will never forget it, it changed who I was and broke my spirit. I hated school that whole year and didn't tell a single person, not even my Mom. You should know that most of the time your kids wont tell you.
I am not claiming to be all knowing but I do have a little first hand knowledge and of course this is just MY opinion on my blog!!!

If your a bully, you ARE hurting people and changing who they are, knock it off!!! If you are a parent of a bully, find out what is going on inside of them because "hurting people, hurt people". It is not some happy go lucky kid out there hurting other kids, it's kids with issues!!!! Last but not least, if your a parent of a bullied child, just like I was.....get involved!!!
Your kids are going to tell you that "it's no big deal", "I don't care" but you have to know that they do care and it hurts!!! Being bullied at school or from school mates in person or on the computer is serious and it will change your child and not for the better!!! If you look, there are always some kind of signs even when they have said nothing at all. Be there for them, it's our job!!!

Ok, getting off my box but seriously folks....watch out for bullies and victims of bullies, get involved and let other parents know when you witness it, our kids are depending on us and even when they think they don't, they need us, all of us!!!

"It's takes a village to raise a child"!!!

Crapper

Sometimes one of the hardest parts of being a Mommy is trying to figure out just what in the heck your kid wants, you know before they start school...when they still mis-pronounce almost everything....haha.
I just had one of those moments with Tyler.

Mommy's of all ages.....I am sure you will relate......enjoy!!!

Tyler~"Mommy, can I have a crapper?"

Me~??

Tyler~"can I have a crapper?"

Me~??

Getting Louder

Tyler~"CAN I HAVE A CRAPPER!!!"

Me~"you mean a cracker"......LMAO!!!!!????

Wishing all of you a happy and sweet Valentine's day!!! I hope the day brings you many sweet memories!!! With all of the sadness and scary stories in the world this week I know I will be hugging and loving on my precious ones a little bit more tomorrow!!!

How does he do it??

Just another Tyler-ism to share!!! The living room looked as though a whirl wind of monkey's had come in and had a wild party and so I thought a "family clean up" was in order. Keep in mind that I have asked Tyler all day to clean up his mess which he had blamed on everyone other than himself all day long!!!

Me~"Ok, it's family clean up time"

Tyler~"I can't help, I am eating chips"

Me~(cleaning as I speak)"oh yes you can, get over here and help"

Billy~(cleaning too)"clean up Bubba"

........10 minutes later and I have no idea what Tyler was doing........

Tyler~"hey, you guys are almost done!!"

Me~"yea, and what are you doing?"

Now this is the funny part because he answered that question as if I was seriously asking him what he was doing......

Tyler~"nothing, I am just watching"

Billy~"he is supervising again Mom"

Once again Tyler got us to clean up the whole living room with him barely lifting a pinky, or thumb!!!!!!! I don't think he even disturbed the cheese on his fingers from his chips....haha

I don't like you!!

Just a cute little story about my 4 year old son, who I adore!!!

Tyler and I had a little dispute today and so he decided to write me a letter. Of course I couldn't read the letter so he read it to me!!!

Ty~"Here Mommy, I made you a letter!"

Mom~"Ok, what does it say sweetie?"

Ty~"it says, Mommy I love you and I am sorry I kicked you"

Mom~"oooh, that is so nice, I love you too Bubba!!"

Ty~"up here it says, I don't like you cause you spanked me"

Ty~ "I love you and I don't like you too"

Mom~"Mommy loves you, thank you"

Don't you just love little honest children who talk straight from their innocent little hearts!!!! Wish I could be that honest sometimes...haha

"The walks and talks we have with our two-year-olds in red boots have a great deal to do with the values they will cherish as adults."

"You don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent"