Standing in line at Marshall’s on Saturday. “Mom’ can I get these shoes? No Ashley! no more! Mom! why your being such a bitch! Nearly, everyone in line turned around. Embarrassed, the woman turned around and said “Ashley” don’t you talk to me like that! Ashley, said whatever, and walked away!
This isn’t the first time Ashley has called her mom a bitch, The thirteen or fourteen year old has done it often. with her mom’s permission.
This isn’t an option in many homes. My mom would have punched me in that line and from the looks of the crowd last Saturday, there would have been applause.
Raising a child isn’t for the faint of heart. Their quest for independence begins when they’re about two years old and can last decades. To rebel is part of the process.
It is the parents role to manage, nurture and protect. Again this isn’t for the faint of heart because as the child grows older so his determination to challenge you at every turn..
Its important for some parents to become friends with their children. Being the cool, fun parent. Or wanting the child like them,some parents compete for the love and affection of the child. To do this, means you have to relinquish authority, catering to the desires of the child vs what’s best for the child.
Without parental boundaries,, the child may view other adults and authority figures as equals. As a result, some of these children may struggle with authority figures.
A parent is the child’s gateway to the world. Through the parent, the child learns respect, fairness, patience, empathy and other lessons only a respected authority figure can teach, not an equal.
Until he is developed, the child will run into the street after a ball, without looking right or left. It is the parents responsibility to teach and protect the child until that child reaches a point in development where he fully comprehends.
A child isn’t likely to respect an equal or another child, however he or she is likely to listen and respond to an adult figure. Ashley, routinely calls her mother a bitch when she’ angry and she has for quite a while. Change is possible but it will be difficult as the cement as set. Her mom may have a friend but at what cost.?
One grandma said it best in Marshall’s… That little girl thinks she’s her mothers girlfriend and I blame her for that.. Mothers have to be mothers and teach there children respect. I raised two boys and seven girls and they respected me and my husband, that little girl has no respect for her mom and I blame the mom!
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