Tonight, Glenn and I worked until around 8:15 so we decided to forego the meatloaf and head out to Kings. Glenn had been having a bad day and just wanted to eat and come home to bed. Cameron was in rare form.
At one point, I had had enough of Cameron's mouth and threatened to sit in the car until dinner was over. Glenn convinced me to stay and I picked up my book I carry with me so I could just ignore him for a little bit. Cameron told me to go ahead, he'd bring my dinner to me. With Glenn's mood and every other word emitted from Cameron's mouth being sassy, he slapped Cameron in the mouth. Not a proper choice, but he'd reached the end of his rope, or so we thought.
A few minutes later Cameron told Glenn to "shut the h*ll up" or something to that effect with the profanity. That was Glenn's last straw. He pushed Cameron up and took him to the bathroom. Always a threat that we've rarely if ever had to use. But, a 10 year old telling any adult that is UNACCEPTABLE.
As soon as they stood up, the lady at the next table started yelling at us that we were wrong. The staff asked her to be quiet, I told her to mind her own business and even asked the waitress to cancel our order. We'd even pay, but I'd had enough of everything at this point. The lady said she'd call the cops and proceeded to do so.
Our server understood our dilemma and offered to move us to the back dining room. We accepted and went. A few moments later, we weren't even completely seated yet, Cameron came out of the men's room and sat down. He heard the lady and now he was mad at her and over his anger at us.
We continued on to eat our dinner with the support of the staff. At one point, the waitress told us that the lady had indeed called the police. Now, Glenn is supremely pissed.
We saw the police drive up but continued to eat our dinner. Once we were done, the officer came back to talk to us. He explained that in no way did he agree with the lady. He explained to her that all families are entitled to raise and discipline their children as they saw fit. He talked to Cameron and determined that there was no abuse. He could see that Cameron was happily eating his dinner and conversing with the officers.
I told him that I thought one of the problems in today's society is that many children are allowed to speak to adults in an inappropriate manner and do other things without discipline. He agreed and recounted that he had been the recipient of many stone cold beatings and he's none the worse for the wear. He explained to Cameron that his mouth can get him in a lot of trouble. Haven't we told Cameron this before?! He took down Glenn's name, but assured us that it was informational only and would go no further.
Glenn offered to share his discipline with the lady, but the officer and I told him that it was a bad idea and stop saying it. By the end of the episode he was shaking.
Anyone who knows Glenn knows that he is the patient parent. Yes, he has tweaked in the past, but he's generally a better parent than I. And he is not abusive towards a person. He usually destroys property. He's never ever raised his hand to me in 23, almost 24 years. We had been contemplating cheating on our diet for dessert, but Glenn had lost his appetite over the entire situation. We paid our bill and left.
Unfortunately, on the way home, Glenn stopped and bought yet another pack of cigarettes. I handled that well until he lit up in the car. I'm not sure how many he smoked as he stayed outside for awhile talking to Tony and Rob about the situation. When he finally came in I convinced him to shower and then gave him the computer to surf Craigslist.com.
If you've read my previous posts, you know that I will give in to Cameron to avoid a scene in a restaurant. This time the planets aligned and not for his benefit.
When we got home, I gave Cameron his shot and then sent him to bed. Tomorrow is Occupational Therapy. I see a full day of medication as he needs to be "on" for O/T and then for testing when he gets home. In between we have to go to Cranberry to the bank and Best Buy (computer comes home :>...can you imagine my smile since I will no longer have to share with Glenn), then to Butler to pick up Glenn's glasses. A long day again. Fortunately, I have all of my signage work done until Friday. Yippee! I expect tomorrow to be better. I know we all have bad days. Today everyone did and Cameron suffered for it. We handled it well except for his two inappropriate comments. And FYI, he would have had his mouth smacked or spanking for saying that to Glenn no matter where we were.
At one point, I had had enough of Cameron's mouth and threatened to sit in the car until dinner was over. Glenn convinced me to stay and I picked up my book I carry with me so I could just ignore him for a little bit. Cameron told me to go ahead, he'd bring my dinner to me. With Glenn's mood and every other word emitted from Cameron's mouth being sassy, he slapped Cameron in the mouth. Not a proper choice, but he'd reached the end of his rope, or so we thought.
A few minutes later Cameron told Glenn to "shut the h*ll up" or something to that effect with the profanity. That was Glenn's last straw. He pushed Cameron up and took him to the bathroom. Always a threat that we've rarely if ever had to use. But, a 10 year old telling any adult that is UNACCEPTABLE.
As soon as they stood up, the lady at the next table started yelling at us that we were wrong. The staff asked her to be quiet, I told her to mind her own business and even asked the waitress to cancel our order. We'd even pay, but I'd had enough of everything at this point. The lady said she'd call the cops and proceeded to do so.
Our server understood our dilemma and offered to move us to the back dining room. We accepted and went. A few moments later, we weren't even completely seated yet, Cameron came out of the men's room and sat down. He heard the lady and now he was mad at her and over his anger at us.
We continued on to eat our dinner with the support of the staff. At one point, the waitress told us that the lady had indeed called the police. Now, Glenn is supremely pissed.
We saw the police drive up but continued to eat our dinner. Once we were done, the officer came back to talk to us. He explained that in no way did he agree with the lady. He explained to her that all families are entitled to raise and discipline their children as they saw fit. He talked to Cameron and determined that there was no abuse. He could see that Cameron was happily eating his dinner and conversing with the officers.
I told him that I thought one of the problems in today's society is that many children are allowed to speak to adults in an inappropriate manner and do other things without discipline. He agreed and recounted that he had been the recipient of many stone cold beatings and he's none the worse for the wear. He explained to Cameron that his mouth can get him in a lot of trouble. Haven't we told Cameron this before?! He took down Glenn's name, but assured us that it was informational only and would go no further.
Glenn offered to share his discipline with the lady, but the officer and I told him that it was a bad idea and stop saying it. By the end of the episode he was shaking.
Anyone who knows Glenn knows that he is the patient parent. Yes, he has tweaked in the past, but he's generally a better parent than I. And he is not abusive towards a person. He usually destroys property. He's never ever raised his hand to me in 23, almost 24 years. We had been contemplating cheating on our diet for dessert, but Glenn had lost his appetite over the entire situation. We paid our bill and left.
Unfortunately, on the way home, Glenn stopped and bought yet another pack of cigarettes. I handled that well until he lit up in the car. I'm not sure how many he smoked as he stayed outside for awhile talking to Tony and Rob about the situation. When he finally came in I convinced him to shower and then gave him the computer to surf Craigslist.com.
If you've read my previous posts, you know that I will give in to Cameron to avoid a scene in a restaurant. This time the planets aligned and not for his benefit.
When we got home, I gave Cameron his shot and then sent him to bed. Tomorrow is Occupational Therapy. I see a full day of medication as he needs to be "on" for O/T and then for testing when he gets home. In between we have to go to Cranberry to the bank and Best Buy (computer comes home :>...can you imagine my smile since I will no longer have to share with Glenn), then to Butler to pick up Glenn's glasses. A long day again. Fortunately, I have all of my signage work done until Friday. Yippee! I expect tomorrow to be better. I know we all have bad days. Today everyone did and Cameron suffered for it. We handled it well except for his two inappropriate comments. And FYI, he would have had his mouth smacked or spanking for saying that to Glenn no matter where we were.
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