QOTW: Parenting Styles
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QOTW: Parenting Styles
| Mon, 01-15-2007 - 10:19am |
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| Mon, 01-15-2007 - 10:19am |
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Linda
mom to
Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)
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
Brittany "MomtofiveDrews"
Kiana "Hooprincess" 13 yrs old
Linda, I think books have their place but no book has ever met our children and neither has the author!
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That's a good point Brittany.
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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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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.
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