Kids!

I'm not sure what my son is going through right now but it's not good. He feels like we're picking on him and not letting him defend himself. I guess I may have felt that way when I was a kid at times but if I talked to my parents the way he talked to me today, I would have been backhanded across the face. More importantly, I would never have thought to let things like that come out of my mouth even if I was thinking them because I respected my parents. I'm not sure where we went wrong, or even if we did, but something has to change. We probably gave him a car before he should have had one but we want our kids to have what we can afford to give them. Big mistake. Unless someone works for something, they don't appreciate it. Fact! I love him more than I can express but right now, he's not on my list of favorite people. I know that will change as soon as he starts acting human again. He spoke to me as if I were someone that he loathed. Just a teenager? Who knows but the way I think of him has changed and for now, my feelings are hurt more than he will ever know and I will never forget it.