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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 62273" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Sharon, you said, "I'm sure I'll be getting a letter this week about my parenting" - I would reply, "I do the best I can, considering the example I was given."</p><p></p><p>Really, emotional blackmail - totally inappropriate. And VERY bad parenting, if YOU did it. She should realise that when he's digging his heels in, she's only forcing him to dig in deeper (and lying about his feelings to do so) by trying these sort of mean tactics.</p><p></p><p>Never, never begin a battle you can't both finish and win! And SHE began a battle, against your advice, which she lost, badly. She cannot recover her previous position from there - she has now permanently lost ground with him. If she had backed down before it got too far, she wouldn't be in the mess SHE created. You tried to warn her, she ignored you. WHO IS THE BAD PARENT? Certainly not you.</p><p></p><p>My one line of REAL advice for her - "Don't go there (accusing Sharon of bad parenting) because, like the argument with difficult child, you will LOSE. And that will not be good. Best to drop it, permanently, and learn how to drop things in future before you bite off more than you can chew next time."</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 62273, member: 1991"] Sharon, you said, "I'm sure I'll be getting a letter this week about my parenting" - I would reply, "I do the best I can, considering the example I was given." Really, emotional blackmail - totally inappropriate. And VERY bad parenting, if YOU did it. She should realise that when he's digging his heels in, she's only forcing him to dig in deeper (and lying about his feelings to do so) by trying these sort of mean tactics. Never, never begin a battle you can't both finish and win! And SHE began a battle, against your advice, which she lost, badly. She cannot recover her previous position from there - she has now permanently lost ground with him. If she had backed down before it got too far, she wouldn't be in the mess SHE created. You tried to warn her, she ignored you. WHO IS THE BAD PARENT? Certainly not you. My one line of REAL advice for her - "Don't go there (accusing Sharon of bad parenting) because, like the argument with difficult child, you will LOSE. And that will not be good. Best to drop it, permanently, and learn how to drop things in future before you bite off more than you can chew next time." Marg [/QUOTE]
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