Adult Children

I have decided that some of my adult children are anything but adults! Between the two of us we have seven grown children. Out of the seven I only worry about two. I guess that is not a bad average. But these two!!! They have both chosen the wrong road several times. Drinking, drugs, and driving without a license. You would think that after being caught they would learn. Nope, they just keep doing whatever they want.

The one I worry about the most seems not to want to realize he has some serious problems. He is 41 and his life is great. The fact that he has two children he never sees doesn't seem to matter. He always has an excuse why he can't call, why he can't go over there and so on. It really is disappointing. We see our grandchildren, so we are not missing out, but they always ask about him. Sad.

We really found out how serious his problem are when he stayed with us. We have custody of two of our other grandchildren. He took it into his head that he had to straighten them out. He decided that they were completely disrespectful to us. this is just because they did not jump up immediately when asked to do something. He really upset and scared me this last time he went off at one of the boys. He was screaming, yelling and swearing so bad. He was calling the teen he was mad at rotten names. Yes, I had plenty to say, but he just would not stop. He finally went out the door and we have not seen him since. That has been over a week.

He was here because he is injured and needed help and a place to stay. We took him in without even thinking about it. We have a self contained camping trailer that he was using as an apartment. Our only request, "No Smoking" inside the trailer. Shall we talk about respect?? That trailer smells like a dirty full ash tray. I don't get it. Personally, I really feel sorry for him. He has the ability to hold a job paying over $25.00 an hour and he has nothing. What a waste.