New here and feeling terrible. Once again I blew a gasket when my teen missed the bus. I let out a few choice words and said she was dirt today to me. Why this makes me so angry I don't know. Other parents just take the kid and don't get so mad. Some take them every week at least once or twice when they miss the bus and don't get mad. I guess I can see it if I had to get to work early today but that was not the case. I feel like an awful parent. It's not like she misses it that often. Any suggestions would be so welcome on how to not get so steamed when she misses the bus. One thing that added to my anger was when I tried to catch the bus and the driver didn't even bother to wait for my daughter to get on. We caught up at the 3rd stop. He just pulled away. Man did that tick me off. Sure didn't help the situation. Now I just feel awful for being so mean. When she got out of the car I told her, "Have a good day pain in the neck". Anyone else ever get so mad over something so trivial. Feeling terrible.
I think as parents most of us get angry and say things we regret sometimes. What I found helped me sometimes was just to take a few deep breaths before I said anything. And if I did overreact or say something I wished I hadn't then I made sure I apologized later. I just didn't always say what I felt inside. I know that's not much of an answer, but I hope it helps a little.
Niney
"Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible." Helen Keller
Thanks Niney for your understanding reply. I did apologize to her when she came home from school. Next time she misses the bus I am going to keep in mind that it only happens once in a while and take that deep breath.