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Re: Sam Sutton
By: Zyngaru Date: April 11, 2018, 7:43 am
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I find it interesting how boys walk into Jack's life off the
street and before long, Jack is counseling the boy and his
parents. Parents with dysfunctional relationships with their
kids, seem to find Jack like ants to a lollipop. It's great
that Jack can help so many people. My only worry is how thin
Jack is spreading himself and how it is affecting his health.
I love how you are helping so many people, Jack.
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Re: Sam Sutton
By: kalico Date: April 11, 2018, 9:09 am
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Happy you could talk to the mom and help her see his side of
things....
Hope things like that get better for him....
Hugs kal
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Re: Sam Sutton
By: Jack Date: April 11, 2018, 2:18 pm
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=500.msg5056#msg5056
date=1523450614]
I find it interesting how boys walk into Jack's life off the
street and before long, Jack is counseling the boy and his
parents. Parents with dysfunctional relationships with their
kids, seem to find Jack like ants to a lollipop.
[/quote]
Helping people is what we're supposed to do. When you said
earlier that your mom would say 'life isn't fair', to me, that
normally comes from people who don't want to put the effort into
making it that way.
I don't really do anything special - I just listen. If people
need to talk, I try to treat their problems as valid. Sometimes
all I can do is listen. Sometimes, like with Sam, where he and I
have had very similar experiences, I'm able to approach the
parents and let them know what's happening. The smart ones at
least listen and consider what is said.
#Post#: 6113--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sam Sutton
By: Jack Date: May 31, 2018, 5:15 am
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We're still seeing Sam on a regular basis. He comes over almost
every Tuesday and Thursday, when he knows Jake's here, though
Jake has started going to his house at times as well. Besides
Jake, Sam seems to get along fine with Kenny and Jake (my nephew
Jason's son, not PJ's brother), despite him only being a sixth
grader and them being middle school boys (remember when a year
was a big age difference?). He has plenty of friends over here,
and I haven't heard anyone picking on him.
Nothing special going on with him. If he's been spanked since I
last mentioned it, I didn't hear. On the other hand, he has
made a point of telling me both that things are going better
with his little sisters, and that the younger one got spanked
for continuing to bug him after she'd been asked to stop. He
likes his sisters, and you could tell he felt a little bad she'd
been spanked, but you could also tell he was incredibly happy
his parents had stood up for him.
The reason I thought to write this today is he came over
yesterday. He wanted to complain about school almost being
over, they took up his literature book, and he didn't have
anything to read. As hints go, it wasn't exactly subtle. It
turns out he's not read the Percy Jackson books. That's on the
list of books I'm hoping to start one of my classes (maybe both
undisciplined readers classes) with next year, so I asked if
he'd read it, then talk it over to me.
Turns out no arm twisting was required.
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Re: Sam Sutton
By: Zyngaru Date: May 31, 2018, 9:00 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=500.msg6113#msg6113
date=1527761707]
The reason I thought to write this today is he came over
yesterday. He wanted to complain about school almost being
over, they took up his literature book, and he didn't have
anything to read. As hints go, it wasn't exactly subtle. It
turns out he's not read the Percy Jackson books. That's on the
list of books I'm hoping to start one of my classes (maybe both
undisciplined readers classes) with next year, so I asked if
he'd read it, then talk it over to me.
Turns out no arm twisting was required.
[/quote]
The Percy Jackson series is a nice series.
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Re: Sam Sutton
By: Jack Date: June 8, 2018, 4:32 am
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I swatted Sam's bottom yesterday.
I don't actually have direct permission to do that, but he
didn't seem to mind (that it was me, not that his bottom got
smacked).
We had a cold front come in last night in front of a storm
system. It dropped from 98 to 80 in a minute and came with a
high wind. I heard the wind hit and things got dark as the
cloud cover moved over us. This was during chat, and I rushed
outside to look at it. A few minutes later, I saw we had a
severe thunderstorm warning, so I went back to make sure
everyone had gotten out of the pool and was staying out.
Sam was the last one out of the pool, and had stayed in, playing
with Rusti, after I told everyone to get out. He did get out
when I told him again, but I took his arm and smacked his wet
rear a couple of times.
Normally we let swim suits air dry (and often boys as well), but
given the conditions, that seemed contraindicated, so I had Sam
remove his suit, then handed him a towel. The other boys were
inside by now, so I asked Sam a few questions. Yes, his Dad
(technically his step-father, but they have a good relationship,
and Sam calls him dad) spanks him. He's pretty sure his mom
hasn't spanked him since before they moved. (He is showing signs
of adolescence, though it's mostly his scrotum starting to
dangle). Yes, his dad does always spank bare, and sometimes
with a paddle. Yes, disobeying would probably get him paddled.
No, he didn't want me to tell his parents he'd disobeyed me,
and he certainly didn't want a spanking where all the other boys
could hear it (his phrase, not mine).
Oh, while he was drying off, I noticed I had left a good hand
print on each cheek.
By this point, he was dry and he wrapped the towel around
himself before heading for Jake's room, where he'd left his
clothes. I did remind him to put his towel in the laundry room
when he was finished.
[hr]
In other news, he and Jake have become close friends.
#Post#: 6521--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sam Sutton
By: Jack Date: June 20, 2018, 4:31 am
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I saw Sam yesterday. He was a little down that my boys were at
camp. On the other hand, he's happy enough to find other kids
still here and is more than willing to hang out with them and
play around, and he seemed to have a good time yesterday.
I've kept an eye on him, but I haven't seen anyone picking at
him because of his Tourette's, and he says no one has. Sam is a
really sweet kid, all my younger teens like him, and I think
they keep an eye to make sure no one does tease him. Ian
Reasoner is still hanging out here during the days. Ian's about
18 months older than Sam, but Ian's also not especially mature
for his age, and the two of them, along with Billy Worley, Ennis
Strouse, Quade Perez, Ben Sherman, and John Ewing seem to have
already formed quite a tight little group.
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Re: Sam Sutton (12)
By: Leti Date: July 7, 2018, 1:47 am
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Is Sam happy now that his friends are back? He seems like a very
nice kid.
8)
Leti
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Re: Sam Sutton (12)
By: Jack Date: July 7, 2018, 4:19 am
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[quote author=Leti link=topic=500.msg6994#msg6994
date=1530946045]
Is Sam happy now that his friends are back? He seems like a very
nice kid.
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I use the term a lot, but Sam's a sweetheart.
Yes, he's glad to have my kids back.
He's really kind of a quiet kid, largely because he worries
people are going to tease him about his Tourette's, but he's
really having a great time this summer and seems to be opening
up a lot. The fact that all of my kids except Jake, Connor, and
Curtis are older than him is kind of nice, and he seems to like
being treated like a little brother by them.
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Re: Sam Sutton (12)
By: Adric Date: July 7, 2018, 8:35 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=500.msg6999#msg6999
date=1530955191]
... he worries people are going to tease him about his
Tourette's ...
[/quote]
How does that show up in his case? Does he speak out, or is it
just a physical tic?
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