So, this morning one of my old DC moms who has become a great friend called almost in tears about her 2 sons. They are almost 14 and 10, I had them both since they were newborns and they moved to a town 25 minutes away about 3 years ago and mom quit working, so they stopped coming except for off and on in the summer.
These boys are like family and my 19 year old daughter calls them her little brothers...Sooo mom says she is going nuts, she had to go back to work since her husband's business has declined but when she leaves the boys home alone together they try to kill each other and eat all the food in the house. Which is (unfortunately) probably typical behavior for pubescent and prepubescent boys.
Mom asked if the younger one could come here for the last 2 days of spring break so she could actually work at work instead of threatening them over the phone all day. My attendance is down this week so I said sure. Then a few minutes ago the 13 year old called to see if he could come too. I said yes as long as they could get along and not cause trouble, but he was going to be bored outta his mind. He said "that's okay, I can help you by playing with the kids." He really is a good kid and sweet and both he and his brother have always loved little kids so hopefully they'll be distracted from bothering each other.
Mom said to put them to work and not let them have any fun, she was pretty pissed when she called, but I'm kinda at a loss about how to keep them busy, I don't actually have much "work" that they could do, the weather is rainy windy and cold so outside is probably out, I don't know... what would you do with a couple of bored boys?
These boys are like family and my 19 year old daughter calls them her little brothers...Sooo mom says she is going nuts, she had to go back to work since her husband's business has declined but when she leaves the boys home alone together they try to kill each other and eat all the food in the house. Which is (unfortunately) probably typical behavior for pubescent and prepubescent boys.
Mom asked if the younger one could come here for the last 2 days of spring break so she could actually work at work instead of threatening them over the phone all day. My attendance is down this week so I said sure. Then a few minutes ago the 13 year old called to see if he could come too. I said yes as long as they could get along and not cause trouble, but he was going to be bored outta his mind. He said "that's okay, I can help you by playing with the kids." He really is a good kid and sweet and both he and his brother have always loved little kids so hopefully they'll be distracted from bothering each other.
Mom said to put them to work and not let them have any fun, she was pretty pissed when she called, but I'm kinda at a loss about how to keep them busy, I don't actually have much "work" that they could do, the weather is rainy windy and cold so outside is probably out, I don't know... what would you do with a couple of bored boys?
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