My 14 yo boy is good at Excel and frequently helps me write some reports. He dies that with extreme good will and once helped me all night long. Saturday morning he was helpi ng me and I was in a terrible mood, full of problems. We didn't agree on a chart type. He kept his opinion, I lost my temper, yelled and told him to use my type. He had an attitude and said Ok, if you want it wrong, it's your problem. I got mad at him, he was disrespectful and I grounded him for the rest of the Saturday. He felt victim of a big injustice, got resentful and there was tears in his eyes. My report was great but this morning in my office an expert told me the boy was completely right about the best chart type to use in my case. I felt like I was a sworm and I'mthinking about what to do now. My boy is kinda resentful. But it's true he was disrespectful. I'm a kinda loving mom, he should understand I was in a bad day. Anyway, I think I was unfair, should I apologize? And how about my authority?
2006-08-01
07:35:44
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Rose
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