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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is 17, a junior in high school, so very busy. I make her breakfast every morning—sometimes hot, sometimes cold. If it's cold, I still get everything ready for her: toast the bread, spread the butter, pour the cereal, etc. Yes, she's an only child.

For lunch, sometimes she just wants a snack, so I put that together for her. Other days she wants a hot lunch, and I make it and have it ready when she leaves. She eats dinner with the family, and I make sure she's fed every night. I also don't purposely make foods I know she doesn't like.

If she's hungry during the day, I'll get a snack ready for her, and I usually have one waiting when she gets home. I also pack extra things for her when needed. I don't see any problem with this. She's a child, and I'm her mother. Taking care of her doesn't mean she "needs to grow up." She doesn't. And before anyone assumes I'm a SAHM, I'm not—though there's absolutely nothing wrong with being one.

People truly need to stop judging.[/quote]

You seem to have confused "taking care of her" with coddling her absurdly and ensuring she's high maintenance.  This would be absurd even for a SAHM, and no, your daughter isn't so busy she can't do this herself.  Laughable. [/quote]

Nope. I’m not coddling her Oe ensuring she’s “high maintenance”. I’m being a parent to a kid.[/quote]

You sound like you’re being Cadbury the butler. Would the young lady like high tea waiting when she gets home from school as well?
My aunt treated my cousin this way and it contributed to her marriage falling apart later. She expected her husband to wait on her hand and foot the way her mom did. He did for two years or so before putting his foot down.[/quote]

My kid knows her worth so if she’s high maintenance, what’s inherently wrong with that? She wouldn’t allow anyone to mistreat her.[/quote]
oh dear.  There's a difference between high maintenance and knowing your worth and not allowing anyone to mistreat her.

The way you are raising her, she will expect to be catered to.  That's not how a relationship works.    Also, men generally don't like high maintenance women.

This could be why you are divorced.  You also don't seem to understand how a relationship should work.[/quote]

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