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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kids are not going to remember all the decisions and choices you made over their life. You think they will but they won’t. What they’ll ultimately remember is the KIND of parent you were: loving, supportive, always there for them, providing advice but letting you make the choice, helping you learn from a mistake? Or rigid, inflexible, unwilling to bend, restrictive, demanding, never willing to hear their POV, always thinking you were right, never empathizing. Ask yourself honestly what kind you remember your parents being and which you want your kids to remember you as. [/quote]

Nah. You kid isn't going to remember ALL the decisions and choices I made over his life. I do agree, however, that kids will remember the kind of parent you were.  Regardless, I don't see that a parent making a decision that is final makes that parent the bolded adjectives.  WE ALL have boundaries we will not cross in our lives. (Well, if we are mentally healthy, we do.)  You have those boundaries, also, dear.

Oh, and you're absolutely wrong by thinking a hard "no" on this issue means I wouldn't empathize. I would. I still wouldn't bend though. [/quote]

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