QOTW: Parent or Friend??

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QOTW: Parent or Friend??
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Mon, 03-05-2007 - 9:54am

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Registered: 03-27-2005
Tue, 03-06-2007 - 8:31am

My son needs dh and I to be his parents. He needs us to be there to give him guidance, direction and discipline (as in self discipline). He doesn't need us to be his friends. He has friends.

We enjoy spending time with each other and do enjoy each other's company, but I don't feel that we need to take on a frienship type roll in order to enjoy being around one another and doing things together.

stacy

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Registered: 05-02-2003
Tue, 03-06-2007 - 9:09am
I feel the same as everyone else.I am a mom.She has a ton of freinds at school.I am here to parent her not be her freind.I hope to be her freind later in her life but I will still be her mom even then.My mom and I are freinds now but she is still my mom KWIM?
Tammy
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Registered: 06-27-2006
Tue, 03-06-2007 - 10:22am

I try to keep a happy balance between both.

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Registered: 03-07-2007
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 1:54pm
Im their parent. I love going to the movies,shopping & spending time with them but Im their parent above everything.
Kellie
Lauren (11) Madison (8) Emma (5) Jake (4) & Braiden (9months)

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