Reply to Mom Daughter relationships

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Mom Daughter relationships"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I let school handle school. You forgot your homework at school? Oh well, I'm not taking you back there to get it. You'll have to face the wrath of your teacher. You didn't hand in shit? Oh well, you'll get a zero or whatever punishment your teacher gives out.

One thing DD and I have been doing lately, when we feel like things are veering off track is to stop the other one, and say "Let's hug it out." We put down whatever we're holding, hug each other, take a deep breath, let it out, let go, and then continue on. It truly lowers my blood pressure, and gives me five seconds of silence to re-set my brain into a "let's get productive and fix this rather than berating the kid" stance. We've been doing this for maybe three months, with great success.

Also, I let certain things go. No, eye-rolling is not acceptable, nor is mumbling under her breath. But if I tell her to go do something, and she WALKS OFF TO DO IT, then I'm winning, whether or not she's rolling her eyes or muttering something. So I choose not to die on that hill. I let those things go. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics