"I Don't Get It," he says

I see that one of the boys has a few zeroes online for a few assignments. I print out the grade report and tell him he needs to take care of this. He assures me he has the papers and will get them turned in. Well, the next day comes around and the zeroes are still there.

I ask him if he turned in the papers and he said yes.

Then why are there three zeroes online.

Oh I haven't turned those in yet.

So you just lied to me, go to your room.

So after 20 minutes I tell him he can come out and he comes to me and says "Can I ask you something"

Sure.

Why did you say I lied, I didn't lie.

What, you told me you turned in the papers, didn't you?

Yes

And that was a lie, was it not.

Oh, okay, I'm sorry I lied to you.

Sooooooo...I'm thinking surely he knows he lied from the beginning. How does he think he is going to get away with it.

Just another converstion with a teenager. So what kind of consequences can we have here?

Intro to Self

I am 51 years old. I was married for 32 years when my husband died of a massive heart attack. This left me to raise two boys that we had adopted when they were ten. They are now 16 years old. I thought I would start a blog just for others that might be raising teenagers. Of course if you already have and might have some suggestions at different times feel free to post. I raised two boys who are now grown. They are in their late 20's. Now I am doing my best to raise these two. At times it just helps to vent and get ideas from others. It seems so different from the other two. Times are different. Circumstances are different. Since I am doing this alone it helps to read about others and talk with others.

Then I think I could blog about adopting older children. I could blog about having cancer and fighting it for over three years. I could blog about how good God has been to me through everything. So this might be about whatever. Just another blog journal. It is good to journal, to reflect back on things. This helps us to put things in proper order. Welcome to my new blog.