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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, I’m right there with you. The incredible lack of common sense in the teen years has kept me awake multiple nights.

[b]Remember your job is to let go. You can teach them but it’s up to them to learn and make choices.[/b] [/quote]

NP. Thank you. I needed this today. [/quote]

And, as I like to remind my children, at 13, they have less than 5 years left under my roof. They will always be welcome but [b]my responsibility to feed them, house them and clothe them ends the day they turn 18[/b]. For the next 5 years, they can either absorb all the advice my advanced years can provide them or not. They can work hard and get into college (which I will support). If not, at 18, they need to be prepared to look after themselves.

It was the information my mom gave me when I was a difficult teenager and it set me up to be a responsible adult with a good relationship with my parents. [/quote]

You're one cold-hearted b---ch. [/quote]

You are extremely judgemental a myopic.  What works in one house doesn’t in another.  Just because your house has a different modus operani doesn’t mean everyone else’s is the same.  I guarantee you your house isn’t perfect either!  PP’s approach can be done lovingly and produce happy healthy independent adults - like me.  My parents were a bit like this too and we are still a close family.  All of their children launched into extremely successful independent adults.  Maybe be more open to learning from different approaches?  It might help ease your struggles rather than jump to judgement.[/quote]

Pot, meet kettle. Plus you know zippy about me. I’m a product of a home that subscribed to the PP “approach.” So yeah. I’m familiar.

I also never said my parenting was perfect. That’s your projection.

But the tone and attitude of the PP was as I described. You may not agree. They may not like that observation. Either way it does not change my view, having lived it b[/quote]

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