10 Year Old for rent

Any one want a 10 year old? I've already sought legal counsel & he's for free. Who wants free child labor? In the last week we have had excuses to not go to school from, my ear hurts (he really did have an ear infection), to "I lost my shoes", to "I couldn't find my backpack". I of course drug his butt to school. He is definitely testing the waters on the pre-teen years. Oh, I am so not ready to be challenged by a teenage boy. I swear he will give me all my gray hair. Why can't he be as compliant as my youngest? I guess that's what makes us better parents...challenges..by our youngsters.