I am burning with anger. It does not happen often where I have an uncontrollable urge to break every dish in the house it's just sometimes parenting can be infuriating. Case in point, we have been home on vacation for the entire week. Child #2 starts having a hard time catching her breath and her heart is beating fast. You are wondering if we made a trip to the emergency room. Not exactly since the panic attack is due in part to the three assignments #2 has to complete for Monday morning and she spent all of 30 minutes on one thing all week. So now you wonder why a responsible parent such as my self was caught unawares. Like most parents, you only know what they tell you. The origin of the panic attack that kept my husband up half the night was only revealed to me at 4pm and I have not been gracious about #2's predicament. When I was a kid you handled your academic problems on your own or, in other words, when you screwed up you stayed up all night and got it done. Nowadays you have to watch your children dilly and dally over every small task. When they are working on the computer, you have to watch that they are not checking YouTube or talking to the "wifey" on AIM. Holy cow! I thought the writing would diffuse the huff I'm in, but it's just making it worse. I see why some parents want to just take the assignment and finish it themselves.
