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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 631598" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Wow, Echo. Three thousand miles!! My daughter is going almost two hours away in Wisconsin and I will miss her desperately...lol.</p><p></p><p>But it's true that eighteen seems to be an appropriate age to leave home.</p><p></p><p>Very few moms and daughters have extremely close-knit relationships where they see each other all the time unless there is some unhealthy attachment going on. The grown kids go on to have their own families and t hey come first, is my experience.</p><p></p><p>That's why it's best not to make your children your entire life. Or you will have no life once they are gone. I love my new little grandbaby to pieces and pieces, but she is not a replacement for my kids either. The fact is, she has amazing parents. I could never have dreamed my daughter and her SO could be so caring, concerned and there for this baby. I don't think she has ever had to cry. They are up on all the newest parenting methods. They do "rapid response" and do not allow her to cry and cry. My grandbaby is surrounded by love. I am going there next week for a four or five day stay, but my daughter loves caring for her baby. She will be happy to be able to get some rest, but she has told me that she really enjoys taking care of the baby and would not want me to do it all the time.</p><p></p><p>Fact is, the little princess is HER child, not mine, no matter how much I love her. And when your kids are responsible parents, they enjoy taking care of their children, along with visits from the extended relatives from time to time. But if I was over there every day, really, it would drive her nuts...and we get along great. That doesn't hurt my feelings. It makes me think she's a normal, mature young woman.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 631598, member: 1550"] Wow, Echo. Three thousand miles!! My daughter is going almost two hours away in Wisconsin and I will miss her desperately...lol. But it's true that eighteen seems to be an appropriate age to leave home. Very few moms and daughters have extremely close-knit relationships where they see each other all the time unless there is some unhealthy attachment going on. The grown kids go on to have their own families and t hey come first, is my experience. That's why it's best not to make your children your entire life. Or you will have no life once they are gone. I love my new little grandbaby to pieces and pieces, but she is not a replacement for my kids either. The fact is, she has amazing parents. I could never have dreamed my daughter and her SO could be so caring, concerned and there for this baby. I don't think she has ever had to cry. They are up on all the newest parenting methods. They do "rapid response" and do not allow her to cry and cry. My grandbaby is surrounded by love. I am going there next week for a four or five day stay, but my daughter loves caring for her baby. She will be happy to be able to get some rest, but she has told me that she really enjoys taking care of the baby and would not want me to do it all the time. Fact is, the little princess is HER child, not mine, no matter how much I love her. And when your kids are responsible parents, they enjoy taking care of their children, along with visits from the extended relatives from time to time. But if I was over there every day, really, it would drive her nuts...and we get along great. That doesn't hurt my feelings. It makes me think she's a normal, mature young woman. [/QUOTE]
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