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Reality check -- Mom you can't make me normal!
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 159861" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I often will bring up, "What kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?" or "Is that the kind of person you want to be?" There is nothing "normal" about anyone, but everyone can make a decision of what type of person they want to be. I also remind my Sunday School kids over and over that they need to start now to be the person they want to be - make those good choices a habit now before they become middle teenagers and life turns around making those decisions harder. I don't think many kids have role models to look up to. That is what the good role models provided, a "that is how I want to be when I grow up" goal. Kids need to realize that they need to work on being the person they want to be, they will not automatically grow up with all those good characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>During our difficult child "fight" the other day, I asked difficult child to calm down and write down what type of person he wants to grow up to be. He told me he already knows and that he couldn't be that person that day because everyone (mainly me) was mean and rude to him that day. So, we need to work on not letting other people allow you to make bad decisions that takes you away from how you want to be.</p><p> </p><p>My 11 yr old is starting to go off Clonazepam. He was on .75 mg 3 times per day. This week he is getting .5 mg 3 times per day, next week he gets .25 mg 3 times per day and then will be off. Is .125mg really the right amount? It seems so little - maybe doctor wants to be very careful about it and will increase it until the right amount is found?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 159861, member: 5096"] I often will bring up, "What kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?" or "Is that the kind of person you want to be?" There is nothing "normal" about anyone, but everyone can make a decision of what type of person they want to be. I also remind my Sunday School kids over and over that they need to start now to be the person they want to be - make those good choices a habit now before they become middle teenagers and life turns around making those decisions harder. I don't think many kids have role models to look up to. That is what the good role models provided, a "that is how I want to be when I grow up" goal. Kids need to realize that they need to work on being the person they want to be, they will not automatically grow up with all those good characteristics. During our difficult child "fight" the other day, I asked difficult child to calm down and write down what type of person he wants to grow up to be. He told me he already knows and that he couldn't be that person that day because everyone (mainly me) was mean and rude to him that day. So, we need to work on not letting other people allow you to make bad decisions that takes you away from how you want to be. My 11 yr old is starting to go off Clonazepam. He was on .75 mg 3 times per day. This week he is getting .5 mg 3 times per day, next week he gets .25 mg 3 times per day and then will be off. Is .125mg really the right amount? It seems so little - maybe doctor wants to be very careful about it and will increase it until the right amount is found? [/QUOTE]
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