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[quote=Anonymous]Did she discipline you but still love you equally? Or not discipline at all?  Was she more like a best friend or a sister instead of a mom? Did you all have talks about your day daily? Could you always go to her?

How was your childhood / relationship with her and what do you think made you all so close today?

I have a 5 yo daughter, who I love dearly. She is a wonderful child with great manners and well behaved and loved by all. Yes I discipline her a bit (more than her father, who she adores and could do no wrong) but I am terrified that she will grow up and get annoyed with me or hate me. She already glares at me sometimes when I tell her to clean her room or to mind me for some reason.  I am not especially harsh on her and we get along great with walks and talks and butterflies, etc.

I just witnessed my best friends daughter who is 9 act the same way. She went up to her dad and sat with him on the side of the chair getting a hug. It melted my heart. Then my BFF stated that she is always like that with him because he never tells her no about anything and she does all of the disciplining.  She said it stabs her heart that she is not that way with her.

I am starting to see the same thing in my family and wondering if I should just be a BFF to my kid and stop disciplining? What do I do? Any advice or stories are greatly appreciated! [/quote]

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