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<blockquote data-quote="in a daze" data-source="post: 637861" data-attributes="member: 15832"><p>(quote) About 2 years ago my daughter posted one of those quotes on FaceBook that you see all the time. It said something like, "mothers should do everything they can for their kids, regardless of their own needs and wants they must put their own kids needs above their own." When I read it I thought to myself, 'what is she saying here, I am raising her daughter, who at the time was 16, she had absolutely no relationship with her own daughter.' In fact, she would walk right by her and not even say hello. No phone calls to her, no interest, nothing. I couldn't make sense of that statement and how she meant it. Then my husband read it and said, "that was about you, not her, she was making a statement about how YOU need to take care of HER. She isn't even seeing the fact that she isn't available for her own daughter in any way, shape or form."</p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/a-decent-update.58932/#ixzz3H5fegaNH" target="_blank">http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/a-decent-update.58932/#ixzz3H5fegaNH</a></p><p></p><p>Maybe a defense mechanism. I have a cousin who has mental health and addiction problems who has lost her kids 4 or 5 times, but who is always posting lovey dovey quotes about how her son and daughter mean the world to her, and how much she adores them and would do anything for them, etc.etc. ad nauseam. When her daughter was an infant, she used to post updates on how she gave her a bath and kissed her baby goodnight, when the truth was that grandma was actually doing all that while she was out on a bender!</p><p></p><p>Our kids live in some kind of fantasy world, it seems. They are extremely self centered. I think this is all part of their various personality disorders.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad you are are not giving in to him, Pasa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="in a daze, post: 637861, member: 15832"] (quote) About 2 years ago my daughter posted one of those quotes on FaceBook that you see all the time. It said something like, "mothers should do everything they can for their kids, regardless of their own needs and wants they must put their own kids needs above their own." When I read it I thought to myself, 'what is she saying here, I am raising her daughter, who at the time was 16, she had absolutely no relationship with her own daughter.' In fact, she would walk right by her and not even say hello. No phone calls to her, no interest, nothing. I couldn't make sense of that statement and how she meant it. Then my husband read it and said, "that was about you, not her, she was making a statement about how YOU need to take care of HER. She isn't even seeing the fact that she isn't available for her own daughter in any way, shape or form." Read more: [url]http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/a-decent-update.58932/#ixzz3H5fegaNH[/url] Maybe a defense mechanism. I have a cousin who has mental health and addiction problems who has lost her kids 4 or 5 times, but who is always posting lovey dovey quotes about how her son and daughter mean the world to her, and how much she adores them and would do anything for them, etc.etc. ad nauseam. When her daughter was an infant, she used to post updates on how she gave her a bath and kissed her baby goodnight, when the truth was that grandma was actually doing all that while she was out on a bender! Our kids live in some kind of fantasy world, it seems. They are extremely self centered. I think this is all part of their various personality disorders. I'm glad you are are not giving in to him, Pasa. [/QUOTE]
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