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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 402057" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Awww Jo, thanks! I think I needed to hear that part about giving him space spelled out just that way, also the bit about trying to trust his decisions. Maybe this is what HE needs even though it is not what I think would serve his future best. I woke this morning with S/O to our alarm at 6:30 and Matt was up, had just finished showering and was smiling and chatty. Now this is foreign! I mean, he's gotten better the past few years about getting up. He often requires me to wake him despite his alarm beeping at him, but he doesn't grouch at me anymore so long as I don't wake him by barking at him to get up or startle him awake. A gentle "Matt, time to get up" usually suffices. But he doesn't talk in the morning and just is doom and gloom to be around. This is day 3 or 4 of him going to bed at a reasonable time and waking early and seeming happy to do so. He says he is trying to fix a new routine for himself that can help him feel better in the mornings. I completely see the changes in him that seem to be boistering his mood, and school has always been such a source of major stress for him I think he's riding kind of high at the prospect of it nearly ending for him. He just feels tortured there or something.</p><p></p><p>He is a complete history buff. I learned that the university is hosting a open lecture tomorrow night from a youth ambassador from Rwanda to discuss the history of genocide in that country and I was shocked but happy that Matt wants to go with me. I am going to keep apprised of things like this to try to intrigue him and interest him in the university (which is a sister school that shares a site with the college, one of a kind in Canada, and both schools offer good programs. Also both schools allow entry with mature student testing and actually the university has a easier entry test than the college. I've written both and hands down the University test is more interesting and technically easier and Matt would easily pass and gain admittance without a high school diploma). His areas of interest are history and world religion. Hopefully we'll have a chance to attend a few interesting lectures and maybe he'll see that the University type learning is a totally different experience that he'd enjoy in a way high school wasn't for him. One never knows. Sometimes a new perspective goes a long way.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, he applied for a job nearby yesterday but the manager knew him by sight as a frequent customer and was very nice to him. She told him she had hired someone for the spot not 30 minutes before he walked in so he was disappointed. Yet he felt good because she was receptive to him and did tell him to apply again if he sees a sign up in the future and she'd happily interview him. It made him feel good that she offered a potential future interview even knowing it was his first time applying for a job. He had big plans today for handing out resumes this afternoon after class. But it is -37 celcius here today with wind chill so I doubt he'll be rushing out in that type of freezing temperature. Can't blame him there!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 402057, member: 4264"] Awww Jo, thanks! I think I needed to hear that part about giving him space spelled out just that way, also the bit about trying to trust his decisions. Maybe this is what HE needs even though it is not what I think would serve his future best. I woke this morning with S/O to our alarm at 6:30 and Matt was up, had just finished showering and was smiling and chatty. Now this is foreign! I mean, he's gotten better the past few years about getting up. He often requires me to wake him despite his alarm beeping at him, but he doesn't grouch at me anymore so long as I don't wake him by barking at him to get up or startle him awake. A gentle "Matt, time to get up" usually suffices. But he doesn't talk in the morning and just is doom and gloom to be around. This is day 3 or 4 of him going to bed at a reasonable time and waking early and seeming happy to do so. He says he is trying to fix a new routine for himself that can help him feel better in the mornings. I completely see the changes in him that seem to be boistering his mood, and school has always been such a source of major stress for him I think he's riding kind of high at the prospect of it nearly ending for him. He just feels tortured there or something. He is a complete history buff. I learned that the university is hosting a open lecture tomorrow night from a youth ambassador from Rwanda to discuss the history of genocide in that country and I was shocked but happy that Matt wants to go with me. I am going to keep apprised of things like this to try to intrigue him and interest him in the university (which is a sister school that shares a site with the college, one of a kind in Canada, and both schools offer good programs. Also both schools allow entry with mature student testing and actually the university has a easier entry test than the college. I've written both and hands down the University test is more interesting and technically easier and Matt would easily pass and gain admittance without a high school diploma). His areas of interest are history and world religion. Hopefully we'll have a chance to attend a few interesting lectures and maybe he'll see that the University type learning is a totally different experience that he'd enjoy in a way high school wasn't for him. One never knows. Sometimes a new perspective goes a long way. Meanwhile, he applied for a job nearby yesterday but the manager knew him by sight as a frequent customer and was very nice to him. She told him she had hired someone for the spot not 30 minutes before he walked in so he was disappointed. Yet he felt good because she was receptive to him and did tell him to apply again if he sees a sign up in the future and she'd happily interview him. It made him feel good that she offered a potential future interview even knowing it was his first time applying for a job. He had big plans today for handing out resumes this afternoon after class. But it is -37 celcius here today with wind chill so I doubt he'll be rushing out in that type of freezing temperature. Can't blame him there! [/QUOTE]
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