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Such a thing as "too" detached?
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<blockquote data-quote="kris" data-source="post: 28148" data-attributes="member: 74"><p><span style='font-size: 14pt'> <span style='font-family: Georgia'> <span style="color: #663366"> <em>okay, feeding her dramatics would have only made things worse.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>warning them that if they behave how they are behaving now....and possibly even worse....will mean they will be looking for lodging elsewhere being too detached? no, i don't think so. it's placing the responsibility where it squarely belongs ~~~ on their shoulders. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>i'm thinking that if, when they reach 18 or so, if they are well behaved (well relatively lol), working/going to school & not causing major ruckus all the time you would have no problem with-them living under your roof. am i right or wrong about this? </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>a big part of our job as parents ~~~ esp of teens ~~~ is to prepare them for the future. telling them if they stay the course their future will be elsewhere is nothing less than doing your job of preparation.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>kris </em> </span> </span> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kris, post: 28148, member: 74"] <span style='font-size: 14pt'> <span style='font-family: Georgia'> <span style="color: #663366"> [i]okay, feeding her dramatics would have only made things worse. warning them that if they behave how they are behaving now....and possibly even worse....will mean they will be looking for lodging elsewhere being too detached? no, i don't think so. it's placing the responsibility where it squarely belongs ~~~ on their shoulders. i'm thinking that if, when they reach 18 or so, if they are well behaved (well relatively lol), working/going to school & not causing major ruckus all the time you would have no problem with-them living under your roof. am i right or wrong about this? a big part of our job as parents ~~~ esp of teens ~~~ is to prepare them for the future. telling them if they stay the course their future will be elsewhere is nothing less than doing your job of preparation. kris [/i] </span> </span> </span> [/QUOTE]
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