My Christian son needs to go away for a while, help!?

Question

He is five years old and is driving the wife and I insane. Actually, being an actual European, the wife seems to have a higher level of ability to tolerate lesser types than most. However, I admit to being at my wits end.

Amir wakes up late this morning, then proceeds to spill orange juice onto the tile floor! Fine accidents happen, even though they seem to happen more with this person. He then spent the next five minutes rattling on and on and on about some Spider Man movie. What the ****?

My 8 year old daughter is already studying Chinese at level 2, while teaching females 3 times her age about dignity and courage!

I know there is an age gap, but this is reggoddamndiculous!

So, my querie to the dear readers on this Y/A board is where to send off such a truculent tyke for the summer? Is there some sort of military camp we can just get 2 months of peace and quite from sending him too?

Don't even get me started on the uneven coloring he will do 38 % of the time. (I have checked and ran a report on my excel program to chart his progress.....not good....not good.)

Answer 1

LOL. That reminds me of a story from about 15 years ago - it was at about the same time as the OJ Simpson trial (I remember that because the family's name was Simpson and I remember joking that it must be in the name). A family from Montclair, NJ gave up their three children for adoption. The oldest was 7, but I don't remember how old the others were. Their reason was that they had decided that "parenting wasn't for them" and that they'd spent 7 years at it and decided that was long enough. Among other things, they complained that the kids were always asking for toys. Sadly, this is actually a true story. !!

Answer 2

Holding your son up to standards based on the achievements of your daughter is a HUGE mistake. He is a different person and may not have or develop the same interests, skills and talents that your daughter does.

He's FIVE. Kids that age spill juice, make messes and rattle on about things that seem silly to us but that they've just discovered. You should be elated that he's sharing his interest in Spiderman with you yet you criticize him for it???

I'm guessing you're just making a joke and this isn't real, but in case you're not - PLEASE see a therapist!

Based only on what you've written, I think you are WAY to high strung to be raising kids and I would urge you to get counselling before having any more.

Answer 3

I really hope that you are kidding, because to compare your 5-year-old NORMAL boy to your 8-year-old child prodigy is terribly unfair and unloving. Also, to refer to your wife as "the wife" and to be irritated at your son sharing about his Spider Man movie is terribly sad. Something is amiss with the way you view your family. I can't put my finger on it, but I think that instead of shipping your son off somewhere, perhaps your family could take a break and you could go away for some R&R - just you. When you come back, hopefully your priorities and attitudes will have had an adjustment and you will be refreshed and ready to be the good husband and father that your family deserves to have you be. Good luck.

Answer 4

Ok, your kid is stinkin' 5 YEARS OLD! Kids that age will yap yap yap. They will also get into things and create messes: young kids do that! And you keep a record of how your boy colors?!?! Get over it!!

Now, I'm assuming you call yourself a Christian since you called your Amir a "Christian son." So, if Amir's doing these naughty things on a consistent basis, are you disciplining him, i.e. spankings or anything? You need to be the father figure of your household. Getting frustrated and whining on Y/A doesn't make you out to be a strong head of the household.

Secondly, don't compare your 8-year old daughter to your 5-year old son. Your daughter does seem gifted, but just because your son's not doing anything like she is, don't frown upon your son. Don't love or prefer one child over the other.

So, in conclusion: You don't need a military camp for a 5-year old boy. You just need to discipline him, lest as he grows up, he does things that'll cause you to pull your own hair out. Train him while he is young.

Answer 5

I would offer to take him, but it would be rather awkward as I don't know the lad...or you sir. He might enjoy life on a boat though, it is peaceful. If you wish you may contact me.

I would think there are programs for such rambunctious youth however which may avail ye.

Keep it real...

Answer 6

Ooh horrible.. he sounds exactly like..... A 5 YEAR OLD.
Oh no..

It would be better for you to give him up.. Dont put him through the crappy childhood that comes from not having a loving parent. At least in an adoptive home, he'd find LOVING parents.. If you cant love him the same as your daughter, best to find someone who will. But then YOU will have to explain to your beloved little girl where her brother went.

Answer 7

Five, eh? Why that's when I went on my first farm vacation, baling hay, milking cows, stealing chickens, making moonshine. Heck that was the summer I learned to drive and how to load and shoot a musket at the same time. Yep, can't beat a farm vacation for to toughen up a tyke. The colouring thing, You should know, it isn't really important in life unless You want Him to go to Princeton. I know, I helped create the admissions exam.

Answer 8

aww hes only 5 lads are mischifes let him be young not saying run the house but kids dont stay kids for long these days they grow up to quick so let him be a kid x

Answer 9

I think you've left it a little late. I packed my three year old off to boot camp on his third birthday, that was four years ago and we haven't seen him since. That'll teach him to bad-mouth my parenting skills.

Answer 10

How about to a house with loving parents. If he stays with you, he'll be in a mental institution before he's 15