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Does this make me a bad mom?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 274252" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Heather...I truly think this is normal. Like EW, Jamie was fairly normal typical teen there in his teens though there were times I could have happily tossed him in the nearest wood chipper. By 18 he ALWAYS had to have the last word...even if it was only "ok" at the end of a sentence. Drove me batty! </p><p></p><p>When he went into the Marines...I sent them this nice, normal, sensitive, marshmellow of a boy. I got back a cussing, hard hearted, sarcastic, beer drinking, arrogant MAN. Not to say he wouldnt do anything in the world for you but he had a whole new attitude. He wasnt my Jamie anymore. He has mellowed now but he isnt that little boy and he never will be again. He has seen too much and he will continue to see too much. </p><p></p><p>Boys grow up and it is this transformation...kind of like a butterfly goes through. There is all this turmoil while they go through the stages from boy to man and you just have to sit back and wait it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 274252, member: 1514"] Heather...I truly think this is normal. Like EW, Jamie was fairly normal typical teen there in his teens though there were times I could have happily tossed him in the nearest wood chipper. By 18 he ALWAYS had to have the last word...even if it was only "ok" at the end of a sentence. Drove me batty! When he went into the Marines...I sent them this nice, normal, sensitive, marshmellow of a boy. I got back a cussing, hard hearted, sarcastic, beer drinking, arrogant MAN. Not to say he wouldnt do anything in the world for you but he had a whole new attitude. He wasnt my Jamie anymore. He has mellowed now but he isnt that little boy and he never will be again. He has seen too much and he will continue to see too much. Boys grow up and it is this transformation...kind of like a butterfly goes through. There is all this turmoil while they go through the stages from boy to man and you just have to sit back and wait it out. [/QUOTE]
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