Okay, this isn't really a fair representation of my children, but it's close. They don't actually hurt each other, or actively snatch, but that doesn't stop the verbal mess. I know this is some sort of karmic payback from my mom. I can't tell you how many times a day I hear "stop", "I can't see", or the all time favorite of the indignant "HEYYYYYY".
My youngest frequently tells me and other people that her brother doesn't love her. Yet son gets along fabulouly with the older daughter. The fabulous doctor says it's because my son (with Autism) doesn't see that the younger daughter has anything to teach him, so she is in effect, useless to him. This breaks my heart. Younger daughter is very sensitive and I hate her thinking her brother doesn't love her. But secretly, sometimes I think that son is being a butt. Not that daughter is innocent, but most times she doesn't seem to be trying to irritate him. Her simple presence seems to irritate him.
There are some days I feel more like a referee than anything else. I've tried tuning them out. I've tried ignoring. I even tried the "get along shirt". They tore it. Enough said.
Then there are the times when I see son trying. Like the other day when he shared his Smarties with younger daughter. Granted, he prefaced it with "I don't really like these", but then he said "I'll let her have then instead". There are days when he would have eaten them to spite her, or he would have offered them to anyone else but her.
I love summer because it's my time off (I teach), but I hate the fact that I have to constantly entertain my kids and referee the arguments. Don't even get me started on how much they want to eat. All. Day.
Before you start saying that no one needs 12 weeks off in a row, let me tell you, I bust my butt. I work weekends trying to lesson plan. I am always prepping for class, or another program, or an open house, etc. I love my job, but non-teachers have no idea what kind of time and money we spend in the education of their darling children. I wish there was some way that teachers could be off, but their kids still be in school. Sort of like a second-string teacher line-up.
Could someone get on board and get others thinking that's a great concept?
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This is why I could never, ever, ever EVER in a million years be a teacher. Putting up with chirruns all day and all school year, then having to tolerate your own screaming and squabbling ones all summer? For me that's a one way ticket to the psych ward. LOL. I bow down to teachers, and have no idea how y'all do it without stapling more people to things.
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