Self. Yes you the guy looking at this screen. Pay attention please. So it is hard to say where things are going to go in the next little while and it is somewhat hard to say how to control the thoughts and emotions that will come. It may be a change in things or maybe a simple opportunity that never was.
Now the struggle. How does one help/motivate a 15/almost 16 year old? I am finding my thoughts dwelling on my sons lack of interest and vision. He is proving more of a challenge to me all the time. Sometimes kids especially your own will show you the things you like least about yourself. You know the things that you want to change. Well he has chosen to demonstrate this very concept to me in the past month. Taking an I do not care approach to anything and everything. Like there is a hill in front of me so maybe I will turn around and go back down. What the hell is that? Frustrated and confused to say the least. I know he has a sharp mind I have seen it in action and it is a powerful thing. But it is matched with a person that sees life as something he will get to later. This will probably be the biggest challenge I have to date, how to find a connection to get my son to see his life is full of options and possibilities, he only needs to apply himself to them and he can succeed.
<sigh> I am not a parent that stops, nor am I a parent that will sit by and take this as that opportunity to let him flounder. But as with many things in life it is all in the approach and delivery. Let's see if we can get this together.
To those out there in the world I am about to wake the sleeping high school student, a creature many fear, others just open the fridge and walk away.
Talk to you soon I think.
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