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September 29, 2008, 2:50 am PDT

09/29 Extreme Moms

Quote From: angel111999

I KNOW THE WORD "ABUSE" WAS A STRONG WORD IN
THIS SITUATION. A FRIEND GAVE ME
THE WORD TO USE
IN MY MESSAGE.
HER HUSBAND THAT SHE IS NOW DIVORCED FROM NOW, DID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO HER SON.
HE LET HIS 7 YEAR
SON GO SHOPPING ALONE FOR TWO HOURS IN A SHOPPING CENTER GIVING HIM MONEY........
FOR HIM TO LEARN HOW TO SPEND
MONEY ON ITEMS
THAT HE NEEDED... AND LEARN HOW TO TAKE A BUS HOME. WELL UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS JUMPED AND HURT BADLY ALONG WITH HAVING HIS MONEY STOLEN.

IT WAS ONLY THE FATHERS GOAL TO TEACH HIM HOW TO BECOME "INDEPENDENT"
BUT AS I STATED WHAT HE
DID BACKFIRED ON
HIM AND HURT THE ENTIRE FAMILY...SAD BUT TRUE.

YOU ARE A MOTHER THAT HAS BROUGHT YOUR CHILDREN UP PROPERLY WITHOUT
A DOUBT. I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE.

I AM FORTUNATE MY CHILDREN HAVE GROWN TO BE "RESPONSIBLE"
ADULTS AND THEY LEARNED HOW TO BE "INDEPENDENT" WITH HELP FROM US.

WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED "CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE"!!!!!

THE POINT IS, THEIR
IS A PROPER WAY
OF HANDLING HOW CHILDREN SHOULD
BE TAUGHT TO BE INDEPENDENT.

I agree, there is a proper way to teach children to become independent. And personally, I think that 7 years old is a little young to leave a kid in a store by himself for 2 hours. I didn't mean to sound like I was a perfect parent because I wasn't. And I did a lot of worrying about things that MIGHT happen. But, I kept them to myself. For example, when one of my kids was going on a trip on a bus, I would eyeball the driver and if it was an older man, I would wonder if he might have a heart attack while driving the bus. Meanwhile, I'd be telling my kid to have a good time with a big smile on my face. When my son wrestled and played football, it was agonizing because I was afraid he might get hurt. All the time sitting there with a big smile on my face cheering him on. Driving? I worried myself sick about them both. And I still worry about them both(still with a big smile on my face) I have learned to a great extent, to push the thoughts of what "might" happen out of my mind and concentrate on something else, and pray, pray, pray. I think the worse thing in the world would be if our kids were to go before us. But, I really have absolutely no control over things like that.

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