"Strict" parent applauds herself October 01, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
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bell_flower
I'm convinced we won't see that because it's not the norm in most households. Judging by what I hear from co-irkers and people I know who are grandparents, the inmates are running the asylum, thanks to the "I want to be my chyld's friend" and "gentle discipline" school of parenting.
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I was wondering when she was going to suggest to her kid that she gets a job to support her studies, never mind auctioning ball tickets?
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It took me 4 years to get my Associates Degree in Journalism. I too had to take up the catch up classes similar to what Yummynotmummy posted. Then again, I had severe mental illness and Aspergers so that my mother had to train me to not offend normal society. She literally had to train me on what to say and when to say it when other teens were (supposedly) learning the ins and outs of budgeting, managing your household bills, and time management.
I still can't take buses. That's because I've nerve damage from the waist to the toes and that negatively effects the waste disposal system of the human body.
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It took me 4 years to get my Associates Degree in Journalism. I too had to take up the catch up classes similar to what Yummynotmummy posted. Then again, I had severe mental illness and Aspergers so that my mother had to train me to not offend normal society. She literally had to train me on what to say and when to say it when other teens were (supposedly) learning the ins and outs of budgeting, managing your household bills, and time management.
I still can't take buses. That's because I've nerve damage from the waist to the toes and that negatively effects the waste disposal system of the human body.
Good on you for getting your degree crafty, sounds like you’ve overcome a lot and your situation was way, way different from kids who don’t learn shit simply because they’ve been spoiled and developed a “the world owes me” attitude.
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It took me 4 years to get my Associates Degree in Journalism. I too had to take up the catch up classes similar to what Yummynotmummy posted. Then again, I had severe mental illness and Aspergers so that my mother had to train me to not offend normal society. She literally had to train me on what to say and when to say it when other teens were (supposedly) learning the ins and outs of budgeting, managing your household bills, and time management.
I still can't take buses. That's because I've nerve damage from the waist to the toes and that negatively effects the waste disposal system of the human body.
Good on you for getting your degree crafty, sounds like you’ve overcome a lot and your situation was way, way different from kids who don’t learn shit simply because they’ve been spoiled and developed a “the world owes me” attitude.
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bell_flower
I thought of this article when I was listening to XM today. I was channel surfing and I heard that vapid Jenny McCarthy, who had a friend on air with her. She and the friend were patting themselves on the back for raising independent kids. The friend told some story and said her daughter was now 20 and "living independently" at college and they have this "great relationship" and they Facetime 3-4 times per day.
WTF? If your kid is calling you 3-4 times per day, she's not independent. In fact, I think 3-4 times a week would raise my eyebrows. When I was 20 and living away at school, I my parents called me on my dorm phone once a week. And I made and spent my own money. If I had run out of any theoretical allowance, I wouldn't have got any more, that's for sure.
Moos overestimate how great their kids are and how great they themselves are.
John Rosemond may be a Fundy, but he has the right idea.
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bell_flower
The friend told some story and said her daughter was now 20 and "living independently" at college and they have this "great relationship" and they Facetime 3-4 times per day.
Re: "Strict" parent applauds herself October 11, 2017 | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 5,632 |
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I wouldn't even talk with a long-distance boyfriend 3-4 times a day, because (a) we both have shit to do, that's why we're apart in the first place - to get shit done, and (b) neither of us is that unattractively needy, and (c) what the fuck is there to talk about when you never spend any time apart? Once a day is often enough for that type of relationship.
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