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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 38017"><p>Maybe I'm reading this wrong, and if I am please correct me, but I find the implication that mom made the ride unpleasant to be insulting. I don't think mom made the ride unpleasant. in my opinion, this is flat out sense of entitlement on the child's part. And maybe that is just a touchy subject with me because I deal with that attitude with both of my children everyday. It's exhausting to be the punching bag for your child one minute and the next be expected to bend over backwards for their every whim. It's not happening as far as I'm concerned and I would have reacted exactly like nlg did. Where is the child's empathy for mom? 15 years old is not too young by any stretch of the imagination to be expected to take the thoughts/feelings/responsibilities of others into account.</p><p></p><p>I understand where you are coming from as far as if X (as in consequences) isn't working, then you need to quit banging your head against that wall and think outside of the box. But you do reach an age where society in general, not just parents, have certain expectations of us and if we want our children to become successful members of society then we cannot pussyfoot around them and allow them to think that certain behavior is acceptable when it's not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 38017"] Maybe I'm reading this wrong, and if I am please correct me, but I find the implication that mom made the ride unpleasant to be insulting. I don't think mom made the ride unpleasant. in my opinion, this is flat out sense of entitlement on the child's part. And maybe that is just a touchy subject with me because I deal with that attitude with both of my children everyday. It's exhausting to be the punching bag for your child one minute and the next be expected to bend over backwards for their every whim. It's not happening as far as I'm concerned and I would have reacted exactly like nlg did. Where is the child's empathy for mom? 15 years old is not too young by any stretch of the imagination to be expected to take the thoughts/feelings/responsibilities of others into account. I understand where you are coming from as far as if X (as in consequences) isn't working, then you need to quit banging your head against that wall and think outside of the box. But you do reach an age where society in general, not just parents, have certain expectations of us and if we want our children to become successful members of society then we cannot pussyfoot around them and allow them to think that certain behavior is acceptable when it's not. [/QUOTE]
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