Comments on: It’s Hard to be Ten http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/30/its-hard-to-be-ten/ A peek into our wacky homeschool life Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Christine http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/30/its-hard-to-be-ten/#comment-280 Christine Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:32:44 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/08/30/its-hard-to-be-ten/#comment-280 I love your juggling balls metaphor of parenting - I've thought that many a time myself. We're going through many of these same things here right now. The same 1 year old stuff, the same 5/6 year old stuff, the same "middle child" stuff (except that she has much of the stuff that your oldest has due to being my "helper" much of the time), and then my oldest who has always been especially intense and emotional and always has meltdowns and such so with him it's just even more so with puberty setting in - yikes. So I can definitely relate. With the age 39 thing too - coming up next month. I know you'll find the right things to help make it better for Victoria though. You've already got a good handle on what she's going through and that seems to be the biggest part of it sometimes. Your one-on-one time seems to be a magic pill - need to try to do more of that myself. Thanks for sharing all of this... good to know we're not alone! I love your juggling balls metaphor of parenting - I’ve thought that many a time myself. We’re going through many of these same things here right now. The same 1 year old stuff, the same 5/6 year old stuff, the same “middle child” stuff (except that she has much of the stuff that your oldest has due to being my “helper” much of the time), and then my oldest who has always been especially intense and emotional and always has meltdowns and such so with him it’s just even more so with puberty setting in - yikes. So I can definitely relate. With the age 39 thing too - coming up next month. I know you’ll find the right things to help make it better for Victoria though. You’ve already got a good handle on what she’s going through and that seems to be the biggest part of it sometimes. Your one-on-one time seems to be a magic pill - need to try to do more of that myself. Thanks for sharing all of this… good to know we’re not alone!

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