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[quote=Anonymous]My parenting isn’t black and white now that my kids are older. I’m firm when I need to be and let things slide when it’s not a big deal. I tend to care more about my children’s intentions and motivation for their behavior than the outcome. For instance my 13 year old and I were messing around and she said in a fake teen voice (not her real teen voice) mom, you’re such an idiot! I knew she was not serious, I knew she wouldn’t do it if she had been serious, and I didn’t want to ruin the fun mood by punishing her. But my MIL heard it and was horrified. “It doesn’t matter if she was playing.” To me, it does. If she’d called me an idiot in anger she could hand over her phone for awhile. She knows not to react with rudeness/violence in anger. That is the value I want to instill, not “never use the word idiot when referring to your mom”. My own mother would have slapped my face. [/quote]
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