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[quote=Anonymous]I will call you out DCUM style. You aren’t a bad mom, but you can do better. 1). You need to make rules and have some kind of discipline in your house. Your son shouldn’t be playing video games all day if he isn’t doing well in school. If he doesn’t get his stuff done, then he doesn’t get to play until it’s done. You can be as sad and sympathetic to his unhappiness as you want to be. 2). Don’t let your son blame his unhappiness on you. Do you want him to think it’s okay to talk to his wife like that? Make a chore jar. If he’s mean to you or raises his hands to you, he gets a chore. No video games or TV until it’s done. 3). Make some time, even if it’s 5 minutes a day, to do something fun with your child. No agenda. No lectures or teaching points from mom. Just whatever he wants to do. (Do it when you have time, even if he technically hasn’t earned the time yet.) 4). Stop making appointments for things when you and your husband both have to work. That is really disrespectful to your husband as the main breadwinner. If you can’t avoid it, then do your best to find some kind of alternate transportation or see if it can be done via zoom. Okay. You’ve got this. You can make your home a more positive and peaceful place. [/quote]
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