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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 125508" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I ditto Sue.</p><p> </p><p>I am in awe of single Mom's. My mother was a single Mom the majority of the time she was raising 5 kids. I was so in awe of her, I was determined....and stubborn enough to not repeat it myself. Cuz, honestly, I don't think I could've done it.</p><p> </p><p>I'm gonna be honest, we may have always been on the poorer end of things, but my kids grew up with no drama in their lives at all. I tried to keep things pretty June Cleaverish as much as possible while staying grounded in reality. So what they got was pretty hum drum boring stuff. lol I even did the whole stay at home mom thing.</p><p> </p><p>And I still got 2 difficult children.</p><p> </p><p>Do I have regrets? Please, you don't want to get me started. (honest) But there isn't a parent on the planet who can look back on their parenting and find plenty of things to regret. And if they say they can, well they're most likely lying.</p><p> </p><p>Hindsight is 20/20. We're human and we do the best we can and know at the time. Beating yourself up for it later is both useless and sort of brutal. Afterall, you can't change the past, even if you'd like to. So what's the point? I'll tell you like I tell my kids, as long as you've done your best, then let it go. Mistakes are how we learn.</p><p> </p><p>I think the gym is a good idea. difficult children generate alot of frustratiion. A gym is a great place to work it out, and you get the added benefit of getting in better shape at the same time. Win/win situation.</p><p> </p><p>((hugs))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 125508, member: 84"] I ditto Sue. I am in awe of single Mom's. My mother was a single Mom the majority of the time she was raising 5 kids. I was so in awe of her, I was determined....and stubborn enough to not repeat it myself. Cuz, honestly, I don't think I could've done it. I'm gonna be honest, we may have always been on the poorer end of things, but my kids grew up with no drama in their lives at all. I tried to keep things pretty June Cleaverish as much as possible while staying grounded in reality. So what they got was pretty hum drum boring stuff. lol I even did the whole stay at home mom thing. And I still got 2 difficult children. Do I have regrets? Please, you don't want to get me started. (honest) But there isn't a parent on the planet who can look back on their parenting and find plenty of things to regret. And if they say they can, well they're most likely lying. Hindsight is 20/20. We're human and we do the best we can and know at the time. Beating yourself up for it later is both useless and sort of brutal. Afterall, you can't change the past, even if you'd like to. So what's the point? I'll tell you like I tell my kids, as long as you've done your best, then let it go. Mistakes are how we learn. I think the gym is a good idea. difficult children generate alot of frustratiion. A gym is a great place to work it out, and you get the added benefit of getting in better shape at the same time. Win/win situation. ((hugs)) [/QUOTE]
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