Attitudes

Brandon is already acting like a teenager. He has attitude, talks back, and doesn't listen. He is only ten. He keeps forgetting homework and papers. He had a big project due at school and I kept asking him when is it due and if he got any papers on it and he kept saying no until he tells me two days before it is due oh by the way and I find out he had a paper for two weeks in his desk. Then he doesn't want to help with the project, and gets mad when he doesn't get picked to present at the play. He told us the day before the play that he had to have an Indian costume so we were scrambling to make something up and I had to go to school to drop off the thumb drive his project was on because he forgot it. I considered not helping him but getting bad grades on top of everything wouldn't help matters. He can be so confident one minute and crying that he is stupid the next. What happened to my sweet little boy who was so considerate of everyone especially his sister. Now he acts like he can't stand to be around her half the time. At this rate he will be grounded the rest of school year.  I think he will be a little better when Scott goes on fires because he knows money is tight and worries about it constantly even though we keep telling him we are fine. Once Scott starts working again maybe he will calm down a little.  I thought I would at least have my little girl for a while longer but she wants to grow up too fast also. She wants to wear makeup and jewelry and a training bra. She also pretend talks on the phone and told me that her play phone was too old and I needed to upgrade it because she couldn't text on it. She really wants a real phone because her best friend who is also 7 has a real one, so why shouldn't she also. Why are they in such a hurry to grow up? I would give anything to be young and not have responsibilities again. I feel like I am losing both my babies at the same time. I look forward to the next phase of their lives preferably without attitude, but I miss the sweet, innocence too. Of course in this day and age it is almost impossible to be innocent with everything that goes on in the world. I will have more on Brandon's play after I get the pictures downloaded.