The Active Family

My stepson is 12, nearly 13, and began 7th grade yesterday. I felt terrible for him as he also started school with his first ever pimple!

I noticed the redness on Monday, and just figured it was a bug bite from his weekend camping trip, but Noooooo. That bad boy grew into a full fledged whitie by the next morning. We tried every home remedy I could remember, toothpaste, honey, dove soap.

It did look a bit better on Wednesday, but I caught him rummaging through my makeup looking for concealer! I nixed that, telling him that plastering make up over it will definately make things worse, and he’ll be teased relentlessly. So far, no one has made any comments to him, and he reported that the girl he likes also had a bit of a skin problem today! At least he’ll be empathetic.

So it’s a rough start to 7th grade. I certainly don’t miss the days of acne, body odor, and bad hair days.

Err…well, the bad hair days still haven’t left the scene, but that’s what elastics are for!