Dear Madame Joy
I am having a problem with my 15 year old son. He started skipping school. Since I leave for work before he leaves for school, I don’t usually find out until after the fact. He claims that he was not feeling well and needed to just rest for a bit.
He just got over a bout with the shingles, so it’s been a rough couple of weeks. He is completely cured but still says he is not feeling 100%.
On the days he stays at home, I come in to find him stretched out on my chair, food spread all around while he either plays video games or watches TV. He says he started to feel better after a few hours of rest and it did not make sense for him to go to school at that point.
Madame Joy, I think he’s lying through his teeth but I don’t want to upset him since the anxiety could cause his shingles to flare up again. We believe in explaining things to our child. Instead of just punishing him, we want him to understand why what he’s doing is wrong.
How do I deal with this situation in a way that will honor our mother/child relationship?
Earthly mother
Dear Earthly mother
Thank You!
You think he’s lying? Really??? Honor the mother/son relationship? What the hell planet are you from? Of course he’s lying. You need to grab that little sucker by the collar and ring his damn neck and throw in a couple of back hand for good measure. Sorry…
At Joyspirations we do not condone violence, so we would never actually encourage you to go through with the above option. That would wound the poor child’s ego and he will be traumatized for life.
Here’s what you need to do:
I’m sure you have a nanny cam, use it. Find out just how long it takes for this like bleeper/sweetheart to start “feeling better”. We would not want to ruin you mommy/baby relationship by accusing the poor soul without any proof .
Once you have your proof that he’s playing you for a fool, the next step is very simple. This will avoid any and all arguments that may have taken place between you and your son. When you leave in the morning, since you cannot turn off the power, remove all power cords. Take the power cords from the TVs, the game consoles, everything he can turn on. Everything he can use to have fun. Don’t forget the router, take that plug… That’s where you stick it to that little punk. No Wi-Fi. Call the cell company, tell them you misplaced your phone and have it suspended for the day.
When you come home, simply plug everything in and just don’t say a word.
Do this a few days and guess what, his like punk ass will realize that he’s better off in school.
right… to school.
Now if the shingles happens to pay him another visit. Don’t be distraught, he brought it on his own damn self. Who needs corporal punishment when you got shingles!!!
Mother/child relationship retained!
Follow these simple steps and you too will attain happiness and clarity.
p.s: This whole explain over punishment nonsense, is one of the main reasons why we have so many self-entitled hooligan children running around out there. A swift cutass would fix a lot of that. Just saying!
Thank you for selecting us as your emotional crisis advisor. We are here for you!
Madame Joy
Joyspirations© Daily Advice:
You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is. If you fall and break something, don’t blame me. You should have been more careful!