tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post6992959857442167975..comments2023-12-10T07:27:17.914-05:00Comments on Never a Dull Moment: The Hardest Things I Have To DoClaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057662343562530495noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-14734006060373805082011-07-09T09:23:27.848-05:002011-07-09T09:23:27.848-05:00Hmmmm....I cannot close my mouth either. I think ...Hmmmm....I cannot close my mouth either. I think it's because I already do so much to help them succeed and then they just blame me for everything from the weather to the national debt. When my daughter was job hunting last winter I overheard her telling a potential employer (Burger King) on the phone that the reason she had no personal references was because her mom insisted on home schooling her so she didn't know anyone. OMG!!! I was furious! Sure, she'd been in public, parochial and charter schools for almost her entire school career (and yet, even without me there interfering with all of THOSE relationships, she couldn't use any of those people as references) and yes, even when going to the home school co-op she alienated ALL the other mom's with her antics, it was ALL because I chose to home school her (as a LAST resort) that she was unable to comply with his request for personal references. Even when I pointed out these obvious facts to her, she just stared at me like I didn't understand anything. THEN I told her the hours I was more than willing to transport her to work (6am-7pm M-F) and that she'd have to arrange other forms of transportation if she was ever scheduled beyond those parameters. It seemed reasonable to me since I have been transporting kids to work for 10 years and found I needed to be real specific about not wanting to pick people up at midnight any more BEFORE she got the job. So, the reason she never got calls for interviews was because her availability was so limited because of ME. It must be exhausting having mom's like us :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612523674452864077noreply@blogger.com