I have nothing but praise for you and
Posted By: linda on 2008-07-22
In Reply to: dear desperate - mom of 2
hubby! This is going to be a long road, not overnight or a couple of months. I don't entirely agree with the counseler; sounds like rewarding bad bahavior to me. Like giving a steak to a pit bull everytime he bites the kid next door! AND technically, the cell phone belongs to the person paying for it. The unfortunate thing about adorable babies is that some of them grow up to be teenagers who will eat you alive if you let them. I had to drag one back to her room by her size 10 feet one time. She ended up getting carpet burn on her backside and God help, I had to keep stopping and resting, but two weeks later when I told her to go to her room, she did it. I decided to choose my battles and did not say anything when she slammed HER door. My dad would have quietly told me to now go back and shut it right. But then, he never had to fight with me like this, either. A friend's kid was going to run away and when he started packing, she said, "what are you doing" and he said "packing my stuff". She said, "oh, let's get this straight, I paid for that and it's my stuff and you can't have it. I will let you have the stuff you are wearing for the cause of decency, but that's all you get". Bless her heart, he is still with her and that was 10 years ago. Well, your girl should get what she gives, just to keep the scale balanced; action-reaction. I just agree for her to treat you ugly. Backing you all the way. Good luck.
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