The Diaries of a Fruitcake in a Half Baked World!

I hope that you all had a safe and great New Year’s Eve celebration. Our’s wasn’t that great. My 16 year old son wanted to stay out late with his friends to ring in the new year.  We called the police station to see if the curfew changed for the teenagers because of New Year’s Eve.  The station said an Officer would call us back.  He did and told us that the curfew didn’t change and that he has teens that he will not allow to even be on the road on this night.  He said there would be a lot of drunks and he just doesn’t trust the other drivers with his children on the road.

So, we had our son come home and tried to tell him that he couldn’t be out past 11 pm.  It started a really bad argument and that is what we were all doing as the New Year rang in!  My 18 year old daughter was crying because it might just be her last new years eve with us before starting out on her own and I felt like CRAP!  I was the first to hug and kiss her though! I tried to make some positive come out of the situation but it was hard.

Have any of you had a hard time with your teenage son? He is taller than me and it was hard to get through to him. If I tried to talk, he would stop me in mid sentence by getting louder and just not listening. I got on my facebook and put the question out and got some really good advice, like, find out the facts about what happens if your child calls the police or if you do because you are having a hard time being the one in control.  I will do an update to let you know what I have found.

Have any of you had a son or daughter that would threaten calling the police if they were getting their way?  What did you do? He has threatened to leave the house when we have told him to stay put. Do you call the police when that happens or do you just let them go?  I have so many questions and I will be the first to say that even though I offer advice on this site, I still need it myself. Ever learning, ever growing!