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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 557566" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Daisy - I agree wholeheartedly with you, but not sure I'm right. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I find I am letting more and more go with- the younger 2 kids now (Weeburt is a Sr., Diva a freshman). They're not difficult children, though certainly have some .... uh, challenging behaviors. Anyway, especially with a Sr. - it's time for them to start making their own choices most of the time, in my humble opinion. They're going to make some boneheaded ones, but... that's what we do when we're 17 to ?? (?50???, LOL). I honestly don't know if I'm loosening the reins because it's time for them to start directing their own lives or if it's because I'm so doggone sick of beating my head against the concrete walls that are my children that I've just given up.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/capitulate.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":capitulate:" title="capitulate :capitulate:" data-shortname=":capitulate:" /></p><p></p><p>And actually, thinking about it... by this time with- thank you I was pretty detached. Granted, he wasn't living at home, but there comes a point when you have zero leverage and the kid is either going to make good choices or not, and they sure as heck aren't going to listen to any input you might have. </p><p></p><p>On a hopeful note, after a couple of years of wrong choice after worse choice, thank you not only is making better choices but he actually asks for my opinion occasionally and actually *listens*!!! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/woohoo.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":woohoo:" title="woohoo :woohoo:" data-shortname=":woohoo:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 557566, member: 8"] Daisy - I agree wholeheartedly with you, but not sure I'm right. :winking: I find I am letting more and more go with- the younger 2 kids now (Weeburt is a Sr., Diva a freshman). They're not difficult children, though certainly have some .... uh, challenging behaviors. Anyway, especially with a Sr. - it's time for them to start making their own choices most of the time, in my humble opinion. They're going to make some boneheaded ones, but... that's what we do when we're 17 to ?? (?50???, LOL). I honestly don't know if I'm loosening the reins because it's time for them to start directing their own lives or if it's because I'm so doggone sick of beating my head against the concrete walls that are my children that I've just given up.:capitulate: And actually, thinking about it... by this time with- thank you I was pretty detached. Granted, he wasn't living at home, but there comes a point when you have zero leverage and the kid is either going to make good choices or not, and they sure as heck aren't going to listen to any input you might have. On a hopeful note, after a couple of years of wrong choice after worse choice, thank you not only is making better choices but he actually asks for my opinion occasionally and actually *listens*!!! :woohoo: [/QUOTE]
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