Ughh must be so hard to take. How do you handle that?
The best answer I have is that she's seeing a good therapist and I keep being her mom and I watch her continue to be the caring, compassionate young woman I am so proud of. She is quick to defend people she doesn't even know when she sees them being mistreated and she's retained the confidence to be her own person.
Manchu is killer-not sweet at all and really different
Sweet Tooth is on my very short list of favorites. I want to try one of the Omega flavors but can't remember the name.
Some elements of society belong in a cage. Weve all dealt with it before. Get her in martial arts NOW, go karate over kung fu route. Shell likely love the class, and shell definitely enjoy mopping the floor with the little animals at school.
This is being considered. She did take a self defense class but I'd like to find a better one.
Last word on this..That's what's wrong Sir J you hit the nail on the head..Little ANIMALS at school. People should be held responsible for their children's actions if they refuse to discipline those children.
I agree. And I really feel for teachers nowadays. They have kids that aren't being parented at home but can only do so much disciplining them at school since we live in such a sue happy society. It's a shame.
ETA: In regards to the quality time, I totally agree there too. Giving your kid an ipad and just doing whatever you want in your self absorbed world does not qualify as quality time. Technology is a wonderful thing, but the harm it causes stands out to me more and more.
The solution is to teach our kids that they dont have to take it. Our society is becoming a mass of rabbit people, afraid to stand up for their rights or the rights of their loved ones. Parents need to commend their kids openly when they stand up to bullies, and teach them to fight back. Kids also need to be taught which "cliques" to avoid... They fall in with the bad ones, emulate them, and before you know it theyre little feral beasts too.
Sorry, some kids just need their rear ends smacked once in a while. Lots of parents are terrified to do that because they're afraid they'll go to jail.
After getting further into the days posts, I'm just going to leave this alone. I never meant to start a mess!
Good Point! Custody of my grandson is challenging to say the least. he has issue's due to abandonment (mother and father) so he is in counseling. It was suggested that I take a 'parenting class' so I could learn to reward him rather than punish him??? Huh? The kid makes life miserable for most of his teachers, my animals at home, me most nights and sometimes mornings and I need to learn how to reward him? They say I will get better results if I reward him rather than punish him and it is so hard to wrap my head around that because I was just expected to behave, no bribery, just behave.
My oldest (not the topic of previous discussion) came to life with me at 13. Her beginning years were very different from my other children. Adopting her was one of the best decisions I have ever made. That said, she needs a different parenting approach. It took me a long time and some tough love for her to really understand that I do love her. She's going to be 16 this week and now loves herself enough to be making choices that allow her not to repeat her past.
I try both with my seven year old. Neither works. LOL
My youngest is 7. I agree here! He's still my easiest child though. This may change when baseball season is over.
Ive noticed that the 3rd party distributors brands like standard and mad alchemist are never dated. This peeves me as well, Kurrpt
This annoys me as well! I can't go by my order date to see how old they are. I also don't know what age they need to be to be perfect.
