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Reply to "If you were starting out as a new parent all over again, what would you do differently?"
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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are 14-20. Three. Love them with all my heart but each are a handful in their own right. So many things I would have done differently- Would not have tried to be their "friend" and dug my feet into being a parent, and making hard calls, with no apologies. Would not have done the traditional routine of going to camp every summer, like a sheep following the crowd and would have used that money to experience life in another country for a month during the summer would have listened more to what THEY wanted to do in terms of extracurriculars instead of what we wanted to see them do Would have been tougher with regard to academics, holding them to a fair expectation and not backing down (example son got a D on a test and teacher called about him struggling due to his immaturity and offered to let him redo it, but we let him go out to a party and a game on the weekend instead of making him stay home to study) thats overall my list. You live and learn.[/quote]
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