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ok...I want to know, enabling or just being a mom
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 439855"><p>I see letting them ome and stay with you because of the heat as enabling. Buying them an air conditioner so they can stay healthy, take care of the baby etc, and so they can reasonably stay in their own place as helpful and an act of mommas love.I think sometimes it is hard to know where the line is between helping and enabling. My son has been asking me once in a while for rides home from work. It is usually way out of my way..... but it is also a way for me to see him, get a read on him, touch base without having to spend too much time with him! So I get something for ME out of it. So I do it when it works for me and say no when it doesn't really work for me. I am trying to keep myself from bending over backwards to save him.... but at the same point stay connected and be the loving mom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 439855"] I see letting them ome and stay with you because of the heat as enabling. Buying them an air conditioner so they can stay healthy, take care of the baby etc, and so they can reasonably stay in their own place as helpful and an act of mommas love.I think sometimes it is hard to know where the line is between helping and enabling. My son has been asking me once in a while for rides home from work. It is usually way out of my way..... but it is also a way for me to see him, get a read on him, touch base without having to spend too much time with him! So I get something for ME out of it. So I do it when it works for me and say no when it doesn't really work for me. I am trying to keep myself from bending over backwards to save him.... but at the same point stay connected and be the loving mom. [/QUOTE]
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