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<blockquote data-quote="in a daze" data-source="post: 658851" data-attributes="member: 15832"><p>I confess I was definitely a helicopter mom with difficult child but not with his sister. Frequent conferences with teachers, guidance counselors, college advisors, therapists and psychiatrist s were necessary. I wouldn't say I was protective of him as a child as he was out much of the day playing pickup baseball games and hanging with his friends.</p><p></p><p>I had them doing their own laundry at ages 11 and 12. Th e y had some minor household chores in exchange for an allowance. I taught them how to do a little simple cooking.</p><p></p><p>Yet I only have one who turned out to be a functional adult. (Sigh)</p><p></p><p>I took Difficult Child grocery shopping to show him what to buy (ground beef, taco mix, lunchmeat for sandwiches, etc.) and talked to him about how to prepare some simple meals instead of heating up frozen stuff all the time. This was yesterday. We'll see if the meat goes bad because he's too lazy/anxious or whatever to prepare it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="in a daze, post: 658851, member: 15832"] I confess I was definitely a helicopter mom with difficult child but not with his sister. Frequent conferences with teachers, guidance counselors, college advisors, therapists and psychiatrist s were necessary. I wouldn't say I was protective of him as a child as he was out much of the day playing pickup baseball games and hanging with his friends. I had them doing their own laundry at ages 11 and 12. Th e y had some minor household chores in exchange for an allowance. I taught them how to do a little simple cooking. Yet I only have one who turned out to be a functional adult. (Sigh) I took Difficult Child grocery shopping to show him what to buy (ground beef, taco mix, lunchmeat for sandwiches, etc.) and talked to him about how to prepare some simple meals instead of heating up frozen stuff all the time. This was yesterday. We'll see if the meat goes bad because he's too lazy/anxious or whatever to prepare it. [/QUOTE]
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