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@mcdiggety I work in a high school. They don't like jackets and have not for a very long time. School lockers are tiny, and mashing a parka in there or carrying it around all day is annoying. Parkas are uncomfortable on the school bus. They just don't like them. I stopped forcing my son to...

@corydm27 It is cruel to kick your child out simply because they are eighteen years old. Thirty year Olds with college degrees can't live alone without roommates because rent is so expensive; how on earth would you expect an eighteen year old, who may not even have graduated high school yet, to...

@timedragon1 Mt kid is 17 and I still remember PRECISELY where my labor pains were.

@sandgroper101 Different school districts use different systems. The district where I work uses Genesis. My son's district uses Aesop and I have the threshold grade notification set for 80%. If you don't know what your district uses, OP, contact the guidance department and ask them.

@hyacynthia I really thought at one point during my labor that I was going to die. I distinctly remember thinking, "I hope husband doesn't blame the baby for me dying." So I totally get you.

@zenos777 So it was like death from a thousand cuts, then, and it was just the one last straw that made him blow. Once he and you have calmed enough, you need to sit down with him and discuss expressing one's emotions- cursing AT another person, particularly one you love, is completely not...

@sparrowfeet Yes, they are large toddlers, but outbursts laden with cursing seldom go from 0 to 60 right away- there's some background information, something lurking, beneath the surface for a while before.

@zenos777 I feel like there's background info here we don't have. Teenagers very seldom have outbursts "out of the blue" as portrayed in media. Either there is something that's been simmering beneath the surface for a while, or your teen has some sort of mood disorder that needs to be...

@chamtt That's about the age I had the very same thought. Mine is now 17, and, I can assure you, the saying about how the days are long and the years are short is absolutely true.

@graciegirl Unfortunately, he's at an age now (when does he turn 18?) where he's going to start facing permanent repercussions for his poor life choices. You running interference for him (begging the teachers to help him pass a class, turning in assignments for him) is not helping the situation...

@k3at Have you considered putting her into inpatient care for evaluation? It doesn't have to be long-term- last year, I had a student with severe anxiety and depression issues who was hospitalized for, I think, ten days. When she came back to school, she was a totally different person, in the...

@deanerenata32 So, to start: when dealing with mom from now on, I'd email. Then you'll have a paper trail. I think you handled things appropriately, and I say that not only as a mom of a teenager but as someone who's worked in a high school for almost 30 years. We all know that teens think they...