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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 318154" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">I think I allowed easy child to get away with some typical teen stuff that should have warranted a sterner hand. Mostly she was a easy child (except the 3 months prior and following her 14th birthday - what a meanie!), so she wasn't too bad, but once in a great while she would either say something real cutting to me or about me loud enough for me to hear or do something really stupid. </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">I can count on one hand the amount of times she was grounded (3) and two of them were for being disrespectful and one because she helped spread a rumor about the HS school counselor. Otherwise, not so bad but I'm sure I overlooked some things because she had already paid her debt by putting up with difficult child (and my preoccupation with difficult child).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">While I can understand your hurt over her comment, I personally would let that roll off and instead of focusing on the <em>content </em>of the comment focus instead on the <em><u>intent </u></em>of the comment - it was meant to hurt you...to **** you off because she wasn't getting her way...a typical teen behavior to be sure. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">I do not like the idea of punishing the rest of her team for her stupid mistake. I also don't like the idea of tying up the expenses in regards to the upcoming trip with this punishment. If she hadn't said what she said, would you still be on the fence about those upcoming expenses? Or was it just a nice coincidence that you can now use her bad bahavior to get out of those expenses, Know what I mean?? The expenses and this situation are two separate things, in my opinion.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: teal">Rather, make her do all the household chores for the entire week as punishment for speaking before thinking. Make her realize that it's okay to be angry with you, but she cannot be disrespectful towards you and, if she is, she will have to pay by not only doing her regular chores, but by doing everyone else's as well. And, as an extra bonus, she will be given ample time spent at home (grounded) to think about how she will repsond in a more respectful manner should another opportunity present itself (which it will)...ie., by doing as you say considering your just chauffered her and her brother around to have their teeth fixed, which you also paid for so she can eat the delicious food you also provide without her teeth falling out of her pretty little head.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #008080">That's my .02 today - having a rough day, sorry!</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 318154, member: 2211"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]I think I allowed easy child to get away with some typical teen stuff that should have warranted a sterner hand. Mostly she was a easy child (except the 3 months prior and following her 14th birthday - what a meanie!), so she wasn't too bad, but once in a great while she would either say something real cutting to me or about me loud enough for me to hear or do something really stupid. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]I can count on one hand the amount of times she was grounded (3) and two of them were for being disrespectful and one because she helped spread a rumor about the HS school counselor. Otherwise, not so bad but I'm sure I overlooked some things because she had already paid her debt by putting up with difficult child (and my preoccupation with difficult child).[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]While I can understand your hurt over her comment, I personally would let that roll off and instead of focusing on the [I]content [/I]of the comment focus instead on the [I][U]intent [/U][/I]of the comment - it was meant to hurt you...to **** you off because she wasn't getting her way...a typical teen behavior to be sure. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]I do not like the idea of punishing the rest of her team for her stupid mistake. I also don't like the idea of tying up the expenses in regards to the upcoming trip with this punishment. If she hadn't said what she said, would you still be on the fence about those upcoming expenses? Or was it just a nice coincidence that you can now use her bad bahavior to get out of those expenses, Know what I mean?? The expenses and this situation are two separate things, in my opinion.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal]Rather, make her do all the household chores for the entire week as punishment for speaking before thinking. Make her realize that it's okay to be angry with you, but she cannot be disrespectful towards you and, if she is, she will have to pay by not only doing her regular chores, but by doing everyone else's as well. And, as an extra bonus, she will be given ample time spent at home (grounded) to think about how she will repsond in a more respectful manner should another opportunity present itself (which it will)...ie., by doing as you say considering your just chauffered her and her brother around to have their teeth fixed, which you also paid for so she can eat the delicious food you also provide without her teeth falling out of her pretty little head.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#008080][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#008080]That's my .02 today - having a rough day, sorry![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=teal][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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