Pre-teen angst is gonna kill me

[zhi1zhi1]

Today Kate was looking for her Bible study book. She came down declaring that she'd looked everywhere and couldn't find it. I ask if she'd checked the van (first logical place). So she headed out to do that and came back a few minutes later, not there. I helped her mentally retrace her steps from yesterday and gave her a couple of other ideas. I

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[purplerose2000]

Wow. Except for the tall part, you could have been writing about Seri!! I wish I had some advice but I don't. When is Kate's birthday? Seri is also 10, bday in November. She hasn't started her period yet. I know it's coming & fear it will be even worse when those hormones kick into high gear.

[zhi1zhi1]

Kate turned 10 in September and started her period in mid-February. It was kinda early, but she's been growing and developing so fast that I wasn't terribly surprised. I hate all this boundary-testing that Kate does. I consistently enforce the same rules we've always had, but she still feels the need to see if they're there *this* time. And then again *this other* time. If we're in for another 8 years of this, I'm not sure we'll all survive.

[mrsjumper]

How did we not have the period conversation? My Kate's already started, too.

Honestly, I think her mood swings have gotten better recently!

[purplerose2000]

Seri also seems to find it funny to insult me in front of other people, especially her friends. Luckily her friends don't think it's funny so she doesn't get positive reinforcement for it but it's really hard for me to endure.