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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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"What drives me batty is parents who play favorites!!If you have 1 kid then of course fine. When there is others you need to equally show the love in some way. I know someone who constantly does this. I called it The "Token Child" syndrome."
Mom2five, I love this one! My dd has a friend who has a brother 6 years younger than she is. I have always felt sorry for the brother, whom the family treats more like this girl's teddy bear than a full-fledged member of the family. He's in 1st grade now, so hopefully he's starting to come into his own!!!
I am pretty tolerant of everyone's parenting style, to each their own, because I know everyone has their own way of doing things. Now that doesn't mean that kids who are out of control don't drive me nuts.
My main pet peeve is since I am a young single mom, who was not married to my kids dads, people assume that my kids are going to have something wrong with them or they are going to be out of control.
Hey, if their kid is the same age as yours then you have just as much parenting experience as they do!
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Hey, if their kid is the same age as yours then you have just as much parenting experience as they do!
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AMEN!
Linda
mom to
Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)
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It's funny in those situations because I think the parent is WAY more upset than the child.
(even I am guilty of that!)
I just heard a story that made me mad. Our girls had a game last Friday and one of the starters couldn't play. The mom of A. (whom I wrote about in my other post) called the coach and told/asked him that she thinks her daughter should be brought up from JV to play since M couldn't be there. I couldn't believe the nerve of her!! and the really sad part is that the coach did. This woman is such a complainer and manipulator I think he was afraid to tell her no. ugh!
Karin
Karin,
I know so many parents like that!!They go ballistic if their kid is taken out. I guess they didn't read the parent rule book.
My girls are all very different..Kiana plays basketball and does well in school. Vanessa cares less about sports, so I make sure she has something to do. I always tell her I don't care what it is but you have to do something. Jazmine likes soccer but is really just horrible at it, but you know she loves it, so I put her in soccer. She will be trying softball. Obviously I am well aware that Kiana's basketball is more expensive because she travels and makes it to all stars which is expensive. Vanessa is the only one I worry about because she likes art, and cooking so it isn't like we can go and cheer her on KWIM?
Enough rambling from me
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
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