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Yorkieforme · 05-12-2008, 04:47 PM

Wow....reading all these posts made me realize that I am not alone in having a case of the "guilts"....sadly there is no hand book for raising the perfect kid! As mothers, we can just do the best we can. Parenting is such a thankless job....that is why we all have our "fur babies" ...they appreciate us! LOL
You are not alone either...we are all here for you.

cariblonde · 05-12-2008, 05:17 PM

dont be so hard on yourself you did what you thought was right, he will figure it out in time, btw you sound like a terrific mother

4doggiemama · 05-12-2008, 06:32 PM

IMO it takes until 24 before they realize that MAYBE you might know something. Until then it is ME, ME, and ME. Even if my child has been the most respectful and productive teenager and then college student, it still doesn't guarantee that he/she will remain that way as an adult. Free will reigns supreme. But I cannot feel responsible for my child's choices. It's a destroyer of inner peace. It has to be all given to a higher power. That's the only recourse because I am not able to make choices for my loved one. Their mistakes ARE their mistakes. Now credit is another story if it is a teenager. They live only for today. Not sure how to handle that and still make the child responsible. Money issues have never been a problem with our children, it's been other things.

Many blessings to you as a mother. It's a tough job---the most difficult because it never ends.

05-12-2008, 04:47 PM	#16
Yorkieforme YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Windsor, Ontario Canada Posts: 1,138 Blog Entries: 1	Wow....reading all these posts made me realize that I am not alone in having a case of the "guilts"....sadly there is no hand book for raising the perfect kid! As mothers, we can just do the best we can. Parenting is such a thankless job....that is why we all have our "fur babies" ...they appreciate us! LOL You are not alone either...we are all here for you. __________________ Natalie & KiKi

05-12-2008, 05:17 PM	#17
cariblonde Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: wilmington nc Posts: 1,585	dont be so hard on yourself you did what you thought was right, he will figure it out in time, btw you sound like a terrific mother __________________ Proud Member of the Spoiled Rotten Club and in the end, its not the years in your life that count but the life in your years.... Abraham Lincoln

05-12-2008, 06:32 PM	#18
4doggiemama Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS Posts: 3,290	IMO it takes until 24 before they realize that MAYBE you might know something. Until then it is ME, ME, and ME. Even if my child has been the most respectful and productive teenager and then college student, it still doesn't guarantee that he/she will remain that way as an adult. Free will reigns supreme. But I cannot feel responsible for my child's choices. It's a destroyer of inner peace. It has to be all given to a higher power. That's the only recourse because I am not able to make choices for my loved one. Their mistakes ARE their mistakes. Now credit is another story if it is a teenager. They live only for today. Not sure how to handle that and still make the child responsible. Money issues have never been a problem with our children, it's been other things. Many blessings to you as a mother. It's a tough job---the most difficult because it never ends. __________________ Joanne Eli ChipperEva Snowboy Rosie(R.I.P. 1996-July 29, 2013) Cocoa(R.I.P 1998-April 26, 2012):