This week is one of the most stressful times of the year for your teenager.
He’s got something he’s hiding from you.
High School reports cards come home this week.
Well, at least they are supposed to.
And all across the city, hundreds of London teenagers just told the guy on the radio to shut up!
Parents:
Today you are likely to hear all kinds of great excuses.
You might hear:
“I left it on the bus.”
Or, “Ya, I didn’t get one. I know, weird, right?”
Or “It’s in my locker, I’ll bring it home tomorrow…say, do we have any whiteout?”
Here’s a classic:
“I DID bring it home, but the dog ate it. Weird.”
How about this one: “My teacher was sick this week, BTW on a completely unrelated topic, what does your signature look like?”
One year I came home with a particularly bad report card, so I put it down on the driveway. Poured Pepsi all over it, threw some dirt on it and stepped on it and ground the dirt into it until it was completely illegible. When Mom came home I said simply, “I dropped it in the street, it was driven over a bunch before I rescued it. You can’t read it, but trust me, it’s all C’s.”
True story.
FYI, it didn’t work.
Kids, trust me.
There’s a reason why high schools put the report card notice on the sign in front of the school.
That reason is a 16 year old Ken Eastwood in his driveway with a can of Pepsi…but what do I know?