I think she is looking for a reaction. Don't give her one. She is rebelling as she should at this age. There are worse ways to rebel. Stand up for yourself, calmly, take two aspirin and call me when she is 21. Now, if only I could follow my own advice. As you know, Lara is 16 and gives me fits.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Due to certain financial constraints, we have not been doing 'extra' buying > such as one would do at a mall. She knows this, so no threat there. I wish > she was unaware of these things, but... > > Just a moment ago, after telling her to go to her room and go to sleep (an > end result of a loooong attempt to get her to study or anything), I had to > grab her by her foot and drag her off the couch to her room (5 feet). > Getting to the point where I have to do that is what upsets me the most. I > don't want to be a monster. I don't want to be a bad guy to my kids, but > they literally force me to be one. They're not the ones who will need > therapy, it's me. :( > > Take her to the mall and don't buy her anything. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296457 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
