QOTW: Parenting Styles

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QOTW: Parenting Styles
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Mon, 01-15-2007 - 10:19am

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Mon, 01-15-2007 - 11:34pm
What drives me batty are parents who have read every parenting book ever written and considered themselves self-professed experts. Of course the way they are raising their kids

Linda
mom to
Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)


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Mon, 01-15-2007 - 11:58pm
I get annoyed with the parents who think their kids do no wrong and try to blame others for all the issues their own kids have. I also get annoyed with the parents that are controlled by their kids..."mommy come and wipe me"...and the daughter is almost 7. I have a friend who does whatever her kid says, no matter what. We were at her house, she ordered three pizzas. One had veggies, one had sausage and one had

 

 

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 12:54am
This would be the "Not My Baby" parents

Brittany "MomtofiveDrews"


Kiana "Hooprincess" 12 yrs old


Vanessa & Jazmine "The Twins" 9 yrs old


Olivia "Princess" 4 yrs old


Isaac "The Prince" 10 months old


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Brittany "MomtofiveDrews"

Kiana "Hooprincess" 13 yrs old

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 7:16am

Linda, I think books have their place but no book has ever met our children and neither has the author!

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 7:27am

That's a good point Brittany.

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 8:31am

THere is a girl in Hannah's class who is a really good athelete. She excels in Softball, basketball and is pretty good in volleyball and soccer. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. This family spends soooo much time, money, and energy on the middle child. It is so obvious how she is the favorite. I feel SOOO sorry for the other two girls. Neither one of them is nearly as gifted athletically as their sister. THe mom is a piece of work too. She doesn't get why her daughter is taken out of the basketball game in the 4th quarter when we are winning by 25pts. (when she has scored 16 of them!!!) It's all about her middle daughter and I hate that.

Karin

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 2:55pm
and then have a dozen excuses for their kids!

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 3:03pm

You inspired a thought!


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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 3:08pm
Oh you made me think of one---I get upset when(and please no one take offense), but older parents will treat me as though since I am a young mom, I am clueless on how to raise my children!

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 3:10pm

We emphasize "when in Rome..."

I tell my kids that they must respect the rules at other kids' houses, but don't plan to bring them home to our house. I also pull no punches in assuring that kids who come to my house follow our house rules. So, other people's parenting styles don't really affect me or my kids. The one thing that I do have the most trouble with as far as trying to bring up my own kids with our family values is the peer pressure that comes along with other people's parenting styles.

The thing that I struggle with the most is "everyone else has one..." "everyone else does this..." and, unfortunately, THEY DO!!!!!! If only there was a little (or a lot) more self-control in our society, it wouldn't be so difficult to demand self-control on the part of my own children.