QOTW: Parenting Styles

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

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 3:25pm

"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!!!

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 3:36pm

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.

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 4:10pm

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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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 4:43pm

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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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 6:50pm
My inlaws still play favourites with their children and they are in their 80's. Dh is the favourite child, his younger brother is special because he is the baby (at 36 yrs.old) and his older brother is the the problem child. They will go on about what a difficult baby and child his older brother was and they still haven't got over it; and his older brother is 50! His older brother is actually an upstanding citizen, happily married with two children and several foster children. Unfortunately the IL carry the favouritism over from their children to the grandchildren. Younger brother was smart and moved 3000 miles away from them and only sees them every couple of years.

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


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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 11:45pm
I feel the same way about being a young mom!

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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 11:46pm
EXACTLY

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Wed, 01-17-2007 - 9:24am
Oh there was a parent like that on Sami's softball team last spring.
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Wed, 01-17-2007 - 10:45am

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

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Wed, 01-17-2007 - 12:44pm

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


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Kiana "Hooprincess" 13 yrs old