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<blockquote data-quote="Jody" data-source="post: 461119" data-attributes="member: 8787"><p>I would never say this anywhere but here. My easy child is a great girl, exceptional. She's smart and kind, she was jut born sweet and never gave me any trouble. Ever. I mean that. I have loved watching her grow up and there were certainly times that I wish that my difficult child could have been more like her. Then I have felt badly about wishing the good genes had been disbursed evenly. easy child has worked hard for her success, and I never want to take that away. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I took difficult child to a Kelly Clarkson concert a couple of years ago. It was a surprise, I got great tickets and it was a perfect night out. Perfect. She is awesome in concert and I love her voice/music. Well difficult child, was having so much fun, and was so thankful that tears began to roll down her cheeks. I thought maybe one of the girls drinking next to her had bumped her or said something to her. She was just downright happy to be at the concert with me, knowing it was a huge extravagance for me and that fact that I did it for her. I asked her what was wrong, and she said she was just so happy!!! I had the same feeling from that moment as I did watching easy child graduate from High School. Both were great, great moments for all of us. It was so great to know that those feelings were in my difficult child daughter. My difficult child is in all advanced classes and is getting straight A's. She doesn't even study like my easy child did, I know she's super smart, but I don't know how successful she will be because of her social skills and if she will think that she can achieve college. I didn't go to college and like Kiesta said I know that I could have done the work scholastically, but emotionally and mentally I had issues that kept me from ever finishing anything. Therefore, I do not believe that I would have ever gotten a degree. In a few years, I might be talking differently. For now, I have seen different types of success in both of my children. Stable lives, good people, working hard, kind. That's what I want for them. I think that's what most all of us want. I so hope we get it and some point in our children's lives. Whether it be when they are 40. I just hope they all come around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jody, post: 461119, member: 8787"] I would never say this anywhere but here. My easy child is a great girl, exceptional. She's smart and kind, she was jut born sweet and never gave me any trouble. Ever. I mean that. I have loved watching her grow up and there were certainly times that I wish that my difficult child could have been more like her. Then I have felt badly about wishing the good genes had been disbursed evenly. easy child has worked hard for her success, and I never want to take that away. I took difficult child to a Kelly Clarkson concert a couple of years ago. It was a surprise, I got great tickets and it was a perfect night out. Perfect. She is awesome in concert and I love her voice/music. Well difficult child, was having so much fun, and was so thankful that tears began to roll down her cheeks. I thought maybe one of the girls drinking next to her had bumped her or said something to her. She was just downright happy to be at the concert with me, knowing it was a huge extravagance for me and that fact that I did it for her. I asked her what was wrong, and she said she was just so happy!!! I had the same feeling from that moment as I did watching easy child graduate from High School. Both were great, great moments for all of us. It was so great to know that those feelings were in my difficult child daughter. My difficult child is in all advanced classes and is getting straight A's. She doesn't even study like my easy child did, I know she's super smart, but I don't know how successful she will be because of her social skills and if she will think that she can achieve college. I didn't go to college and like Kiesta said I know that I could have done the work scholastically, but emotionally and mentally I had issues that kept me from ever finishing anything. Therefore, I do not believe that I would have ever gotten a degree. In a few years, I might be talking differently. For now, I have seen different types of success in both of my children. Stable lives, good people, working hard, kind. That's what I want for them. I think that's what most all of us want. I so hope we get it and some point in our children's lives. Whether it be when they are 40. I just hope they all come around. [/QUOTE]
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