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Jumper will never have a get together at ouro house...I'm angry and hurt
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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 540362" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Hmmm I realize I may not know the background here and so I should probably just butt out. But why would a parent not want to know who the teens are that their child is hanging with? Isn't that normal behavior? Even if that teen has never given you cause to worry why would you not be on heightened alert when you notice they do not want their friends coming to your house? We hear every day from parents who say their child was a easy child until age such-and-such and then they got involved in drugs and turned into a difficult child. I think there is a balance between being over involved in your young teen's life and being a parent who is concious of the temptations in todays world and wants to make sure their child is hanging with good influences. What am I missing? </p><p></p><p>Also given the fact that obviously MWM's easy child just recently broke up with her boyfriend and is havig a very difficult time, is even more reason to want to stay close to the situation. She is at a vulnerable time and not the time to shut out her biggest support group.</p><p></p><p>Now I think once you find out that her friends are appropriate then it's time to back off. I know of a lot of parents who just assumed their kid was fine and what they didn't know was quite a different story. I'm not saying that is the case here but why do all the professionals strongly urge parents to keep make sure they know their kids friends if it isn't important?</p><p></p><p>OK off my soapbox and back to just lurking. I'm sure my experiences have colored my feelings.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 540362, member: 59"] Hmmm I realize I may not know the background here and so I should probably just butt out. But why would a parent not want to know who the teens are that their child is hanging with? Isn't that normal behavior? Even if that teen has never given you cause to worry why would you not be on heightened alert when you notice they do not want their friends coming to your house? We hear every day from parents who say their child was a easy child until age such-and-such and then they got involved in drugs and turned into a difficult child. I think there is a balance between being over involved in your young teen's life and being a parent who is concious of the temptations in todays world and wants to make sure their child is hanging with good influences. What am I missing? Also given the fact that obviously MWM's easy child just recently broke up with her boyfriend and is havig a very difficult time, is even more reason to want to stay close to the situation. She is at a vulnerable time and not the time to shut out her biggest support group. Now I think once you find out that her friends are appropriate then it's time to back off. I know of a lot of parents who just assumed their kid was fine and what they didn't know was quite a different story. I'm not saying that is the case here but why do all the professionals strongly urge parents to keep make sure they know their kids friends if it isn't important? OK off my soapbox and back to just lurking. I'm sure my experiences have colored my feelings. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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