I'm so frustrated! I've been having so many problems with my youngest son (11) ever since he was maybe 7 yrs old. He lies a lot! And about anything and sometimes for no reason. Just the other day he came home from school with a green sweatshirt on. He said that at PE they had a race and he won and the prize was the sweatshirt. I believed him ofcourse, and was happy for him. A couple days later it was chilly and I suggested he wear his new sweatshirt to school. He said " I don't know what happen to it, I put it on my bed and now it's gone" WoW, just disappeared! I knew right away that something was fishy. I sat him dow and literally had to force him to tell me what really happend to it. Then he finally gave in and told me he returned it to the school nurse. She had let him borrow it the day before. I don't get it, why the big story ? It's not like we don't give him attention, encoragement or rewards for good deeds. Now today I found out he has been hiding his progress report from me. And he hasn't been turning in homework. This isn't the first time I've had these issues with him. It's been a few years now. I've tried everything I can think of from taking things away, grounding, chores you name it. I just feel like I'm not doing something right. Maybe I don't spend enough time with him. What is a mother to do? I already told my husband that we are done with having kids....lol

My son used to do the exact same stuff. Lie for no reason. And make up stories and on and on. I don't know why he did it either but he finally out grew it. It may be just part of pretending. Having fun with you. The lie part is the progress report. My son is 16. I noticed that my son was always good up until the 6 th grade. Middle school years. Before that, the teachers know you and send you all kinds of reports and all that. But, when they start getting older, the children then take on more responsibility. The teacher has more kids to watch over then just one class so they can't always keep up with children that might be falling behind. So, if the school work is falling behind, it's time to start talking to some teachers. Find out what he's missing, and make him do it. Show him for the next couple of weeks you are on his tail. That's what I had to do. And it's embarassing for the kids to know that their parent is calling the school or going up there. And, like I said, during the middle school years, the teachers want them to be more responsible so you might not get those calls like they did in elementary. And there were times I had to take everything away from my son. Everything. And then slowly give it back little by little. I also noticed that my son did real well in the first semester of school and slowly started sinking during the 2nd part. Probably tired of school by then. So, the next year I remembered it and started watching him closer when 2nd semesters came around. Good luck Isabel. I know this might not be your exact situation but I can relate to your problem.

Thank you. It's always nice to be reminded that I'm not alone out there with the same family issues. I'm just going to have to be consistant and keep in touch with his teachers as you said, i know he won't care for that much. I really do hope he does grow out of this stage, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.