Max just called to inform me that he is INTENTIONALLY staying after school to work on his final geography map with his teacher, an assignment worth well over 150 points. Which is huge. As in "could get my ass out of D'sville" huge.
No one asked him to do it, he's just doing it.
Whoa.
Annnnnd, last night he tracked in a size 12 shoe full of snow from the back porch and right as he was about to step on the carpet, caught himself and stopped! AND THEN....he CLEANED IT UP! And did a really good job.
Without me asking or saying a word, in fact most of this went on without me even really noticing until after the fact.
Whoa.
AND....he put kitty litter on the steps so I wouldn't fall and crack my head open and a little grippy thing on the railing to help his poor ole uncordindate mother along.
WITHOUT ANYONE ASKING!
Max is a great kid, truly one of the best I've ever known. Kind, compassionate and pretty loving for a 15 year old boy who rarely shows emotion to anyone, but I am somehow one of the lucky few who has won his love and praise. But proactive, he is not.
Dare I become excited by the smallest glimpses of potentially self-reliant and capable behaviors WITHOUT all the attitude?
It's like...New & Improved Ultra Max, gets you down the stairs safely AND does his school work without complaining the entire time about how unfair it all is.
Whoa. I'm speechless.
2 comments:
YAY for Max!! What a good kid! Is he grounded from something and trying to earn points?
Just give him the most sincere "thank you" that you can give :)
Reinforce the good as genuinely as possible - and the kids appreciate it so much.
xo
Great Job, Max!!!!
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