I told him that was a chance I'd have to take.
I looked to one of the pastors at church for wisdom and was told "If your child says they hate you, you must be doing something right."
He's coming around, after six days of solitude.
I am not of the belief that my children are to be happy with their parents all of the time. That, my friends is a recipe for disaster. Parents who try to make their children happy in spite of what's right make more trouble for themselves, but the children pay the ultimate price in the long run.
So we keep plugging, and praying, and learning.
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"A chance I'll have to take"
Perfect.
thanks Burton.
You go, mom. It aint easy, parenting these newfangled teens who can be "absent" right in your presence. We've been dealing with some of the same issues and I, too, am hated at times.
I was certain that my teen child had issues until I recently had the chance to re-read a very old journal of mine from when I was a teen. Ummm... I sounded a lot like her. How enlightening.
Hang in there.
When my girls were teens, I 'KNEW' without a doubt that I would go to my grave without them ever talking to me again. Today, at the ages of 26 and 32, they call me frequently, we are good friends, and they always want to know where I am. This, too, shall pass.
I love your parenting Kristi and so will Eli when he realizes what you have given him by taking it away.
In it together with ya. Can't even imagine having all teens but I fear it's coming....Saw Eli yesterday. What the french, toast?! Dude is a man!!!!!!!
Agreed. Trying to make our children happy by avoiding consequences is a recipe for disaster. Let us be swimming against the tide of the Entitlement Generation.
So proud of you, Mama!
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