Posted by crazy teresa on January 18, 2006, at 22:21:42
In reply to Sorry, I have to disagree, posted by Emily Elizabeth on January 18, 2006, at 18:18:42
Maybe dad is a problem for mom; certainly sounds like it. Maybe the problem is that she's sick of having to be his mom, too. Maybe this exercise will help him to see he should act more like a responsible adult, should he not enjoy being treated as a child.
I don't think we do our kids any favors by failing to instill a sense of personal responsiblity and that it applies to adults as well as children.
At least she is serious and not just handing out idle threats which proves absolutely nothing, other than there are no consequences when mom screams, nags, whatever she's doing at the time.
In my experiences, tough love (which is how I see this listing) kicks in as a last result, after you've tried every thing else you can think of, but it hasn't worked.
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