My 14-year-old is driving me crazy! She's in an extended "it's all about me" phase. Couple with that the fact that she has always been a very headstrong child, and it all adds up to me pulling my hair out on a near daily basis! This morning she missed the bus because she was looking for a bag that was in plain sight. When I realized that she had missed it, I told her I would drop her off at school on my way to work. She asked me when we would be leaving, and I told her I would be ready in about 15 minutes. She proceeded to say "Well, can you just take me now, because I don't want to be late." Seriously ?!?!?!? I calmly (through gritted teeth) explained to her that it was not my problem that she missed the bus and I was not going to stop what I was doing to take her to school, thereby making myself late in the process. At this point, I expected her to huff off and leave me to finish getting ready. Imagine my surprise when she asked yet another question: "Okay, then can we leave in like 5 minutes?" Wow. She's still alive, so you have proof that I did, indeed, exercise a great deal of self control. I'm sure her ginormous set of cojones will serve her well in her adulthood, but at this point she'll be lucky if she makes it to 15!
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