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Musing Aloud: Can a truce be called? Can you reach out to your child with-in your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 473472" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I will give you my rules for adults who abide in my abode. Now granted mine are not 18 but even at 18, 19 and 20 this is about what I expected. You live here you understand I have a no drugs in my house rule. What you do away from me is your own business. If you get busted, dont call me. I live and die by that one. Call my son and ask him. Now as far as curfew, when they hit 18 we started compromising. I didnt really have to lay down the law about it but I told them all that I didnt sleep well until all of my chicks were in the nest so if they were going to be out late, they needed to let me know. I didnt want to have to sit up and worry about where anyone was. Oddly enough Cory only worried me once or twice and that was when he was dating his oldest daughters mom. Mostly he was home by midnight and I could live with that. My oldest son that lives with me now is always home right after work unless I know otherwise but I honestly couldnt care less...lol. My biggest thing once they got to be around 20 or so was hearing the door open and close...It woke me up. </p><p></p><p>Now about the grades. I do think he has to really think hard about that. I would be upset there. One day he is going to wish he had made more effort. In some ways this reminds me of me...Im shaking my head over that. I messed up and didnt go to college right after HS because well, I was stupid. Instead I had kids and made life hard on myself. of course I saved my dad a bundle on college too...lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 473472, member: 1514"] I will give you my rules for adults who abide in my abode. Now granted mine are not 18 but even at 18, 19 and 20 this is about what I expected. You live here you understand I have a no drugs in my house rule. What you do away from me is your own business. If you get busted, dont call me. I live and die by that one. Call my son and ask him. Now as far as curfew, when they hit 18 we started compromising. I didnt really have to lay down the law about it but I told them all that I didnt sleep well until all of my chicks were in the nest so if they were going to be out late, they needed to let me know. I didnt want to have to sit up and worry about where anyone was. Oddly enough Cory only worried me once or twice and that was when he was dating his oldest daughters mom. Mostly he was home by midnight and I could live with that. My oldest son that lives with me now is always home right after work unless I know otherwise but I honestly couldnt care less...lol. My biggest thing once they got to be around 20 or so was hearing the door open and close...It woke me up. Now about the grades. I do think he has to really think hard about that. I would be upset there. One day he is going to wish he had made more effort. In some ways this reminds me of me...Im shaking my head over that. I messed up and didnt go to college right after HS because well, I was stupid. Instead I had kids and made life hard on myself. of course I saved my dad a bundle on college too...lol [/QUOTE]
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