The Rebel With a Cause
When "Little Man" was a teenager, he began to rebel against how he was being treated. As soon as he would get home from school his dad would start telling him things to do. He wasn't allowed to have a minute's peace. He would do what his dad asked though. Then he would go to the kitchen to find something to eat, as most teenage boys do. Every time I looked at him his head was in the refrigerator looking for something to eat. He couldn't even finish a sandwich before his dad was yelling at him and telling him to do something else. It was like he sat around and thought of things for "Teenage Man" to do!
If "Teenage Man" went outside to get away from it, his dad would call him on his cell phone and tell him to come in, because he needed to do something. If he would go in his room and try to take a nap, his dad would call him and tell him to do something. "Teenage Man" was developing major anger issues. If he told his dad that he was angry, then there was hell to pay! Most of the time "Teenage Man" took his anger out on me or his dog. It was sad. I saw him mistreat the dog when I was looking out the window one day. When I yelled at him, he just denied it. When he took his anger out on me, we would end up in an argument over his disrespect for his mother. His dad would hear us arguing and admonish me for it like I was a child! I couldn't even discipline my own son! It was so sad that a kid who had always had such a good and loving heart was turning into a bitter rebel that was lashing out at anything, everything and everyone; except his dad who he was scared of, but at the same time, felt sorry for and looked up to as some kind of God.
"Teenage Man" started stealing cigarettes and smoking. He started sneaking out of the house at night when we were sleeping, and he started turning into someone I didn't know at all. I suspect that he had been drinking and smoking pot too. His eyes were always glazed looking and red. He was always nasty to me. I guess he had learned that from his role model and idol, his dad.
Lesson Learned: I was losing my son and I couldn't to anything about it except pray.
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