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How will she ever manage to survive on her own?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 582202" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I thought of this thread today when easy child called me since "as a mother you would know this." She has a very sore throat and a rash that comes and goes on her face and neck. I guess she wanted me to diagnose her over the phone.</p><p></p><p>I told her that I knew you could have a rash with a strep infection because difficult child had scarlet fever when she was little which is basically strep throat with a rash. I googled it to make sure and read what I found to her and told her she needed to go to the doctor to find out and get antibiotics if necessary. </p><p></p><p>This is my totally responsible easy child who could have googled the symptoms just as well as I could. I think she just needed to tell me that she didn't feel well.</p><p></p><p>I guess sometimes you just need your mom. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think that the distinction between teaching and absorbing in interesting. I never officially "taught" easy child or difficult child how to handle their money or other lifeskills and yet easy child seemed to learn just by having those skills modeled by husband and me and difficult child didn't. </p><p></p><p>I was never taught how to handle a checking account but it just made sense to me that you had to pay attention to how much money was in the account and not write checks for more than you have in the bank. difficult child just blithely wrote checks without ever checking on how much was in the account. Maybe difficult child's just lack common sense.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 582202, member: 1967"] I thought of this thread today when easy child called me since "as a mother you would know this." She has a very sore throat and a rash that comes and goes on her face and neck. I guess she wanted me to diagnose her over the phone. I told her that I knew you could have a rash with a strep infection because difficult child had scarlet fever when she was little which is basically strep throat with a rash. I googled it to make sure and read what I found to her and told her she needed to go to the doctor to find out and get antibiotics if necessary. This is my totally responsible easy child who could have googled the symptoms just as well as I could. I think she just needed to tell me that she didn't feel well. I guess sometimes you just need your mom. :-) I think that the distinction between teaching and absorbing in interesting. I never officially "taught" easy child or difficult child how to handle their money or other lifeskills and yet easy child seemed to learn just by having those skills modeled by husband and me and difficult child didn't. I was never taught how to handle a checking account but it just made sense to me that you had to pay attention to how much money was in the account and not write checks for more than you have in the bank. difficult child just blithely wrote checks without ever checking on how much was in the account. Maybe difficult child's just lack common sense. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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