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<blockquote data-quote="WhymeMom?" data-source="post: 160884" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>First of all, junior high is the pits.......wouldn't do that over for a million $$$$! I think you have reached the time where parents make a choice......be your kid's friend or be your kid's parent......It's not an easy choice because you want your child to come to you and tell you everything, but the child is being torn by friends telling them that the parents are trying to "control" them......tough choices for kids and parents.</p><p> </p><p>So do you want to be your kid's friend or parent? Sometimes if you choose parent now you get to be their friend when they are adults and making adult choices.....Good luck with your kids and this time will pass. One caution I would add is that this is a time of friend influence and trying different things....like drugs. It doesn't mean your child is addicted, maybe just experimenting, but know right now that her friends may have more influence than you, so just be prepared to hold a line. Where you put that line is up to you. Your job is not necessarily to be liked by your child, but to guide your child to the best of your ability. I'm getting off the soapbox now......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhymeMom?, post: 160884, member: 53"] First of all, junior high is the pits.......wouldn't do that over for a million $$$$! I think you have reached the time where parents make a choice......be your kid's friend or be your kid's parent......It's not an easy choice because you want your child to come to you and tell you everything, but the child is being torn by friends telling them that the parents are trying to "control" them......tough choices for kids and parents. So do you want to be your kid's friend or parent? Sometimes if you choose parent now you get to be their friend when they are adults and making adult choices.....Good luck with your kids and this time will pass. One caution I would add is that this is a time of friend influence and trying different things....like drugs. It doesn't mean your child is addicted, maybe just experimenting, but know right now that her friends may have more influence than you, so just be prepared to hold a line. Where you put that line is up to you. Your job is not necessarily to be liked by your child, but to guide your child to the best of your ability. I'm getting off the soapbox now...... [/QUOTE]
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