annieo
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Re: OT - Facebook Parenting: For the Troubled Teen
02/10/12 09:14 PM
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I totally support it as well and wish more parents would parent and not be a friend not to mention it sounds like she has a decent life and a father who cares whereas many children have neither.
Yes he could have donated it but as far as his own self justification I WISH more parents would use some of this type of self justification with their children and maybe if things were taken away (not given back, too soon or ever, i.e. taking a phone, electronics, or what have you) and/or grounding and discipline our younger generation would not be so me me me me and my parents be damned.
When my son would leave a video game on the floor for the umpteenth time I finally told him that every one I find on the ground I will break in half and toss it in the garbage - I tried to take them for a while and give back but he knew he would get it back - several were broken before he finally kept them picked up and I NEVER replace them even as a gift - he has to replace what ever one it was if he wants it again and he doesn't have a whole lot of $$$ - he's ten. He has a place for them so there is NO reason not to put them up...
Maybe I am to harsh but at least my child knows I am his PARENT and not his friend and he is learning from it and I don't have to lay a hand on him nor do I have to yell at him. He is very well behaved and everyone who meets him says he is so nice, sweet, kind, respectful, helpful, and a joy to be around not to mention creative and intuitive. He knows he has a safe place to fall and that we will always be here for him and that we do as we say we will and do not make promises we cannot or do not plan to keep, but most of all that we are his parents and we love him to infinity and beyond (that's what we all say - I love you to infinity and beyond). He can be a little sh!t sometimes and has a little bit of a sassy mouth at the moment but we are working on that.
got off on a tangent ;) I just want to see more parents, parenting...
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