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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For some, it's just something to say.  For other parents, it's a sign of purposeful codependence and an inability to recognize that their children are separate individuals and that a parent-child relationship is not a friendship when it's healthy.[/quote]

Why is it unhealthy to like your kid??  Just because you like your kid and you enjoy them as a personality to hang out with - does that mean you cannot be their parent - really?  So as a parent, I cannot like my kid, I can only what?  Tell them what to do or not do??  LOL

I really enjoy my kid - she's a hoot and age 11.  I'm sure she would tell you that I am every bit of mean mom when I need to parent up but I have no problem doing fun stuff with her and when she's older, look forward to doing more things together.  If she does not prefer to do them with me but her friends, that is totally understandable but just saying, from my perspective, I don't think of her as some thing that I cannot have any fun with.  I hope to god she would like me enough to actually want to be near me!

This parent-child relationship you feel that is "healthy" - hopefully the kid isn't terrified of stand-off mom![/quote]

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