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May 3, 2008, 12:12 am PDT
My Friend/Relative Won't Discipline!
Quote From: eleanor905You just made me re-think. i was going to call my friend today. its been over a week and she hasnt called me.
my child is honestly a regular child. i love her to death and think the world of her but in honest truth, which parent doesnt??
she is also a good child and when i said to her 'i believe you' i meant i believed that she was sorry when she said it was a mistake.
not that i believed her word over my friends.
i just tried to get a hold of the situation and control an out of control climate.
like you said no one should keep a track of who did what and bring about hell because of it.
anyway, maybe i'll just wait and see how this comes out.
the last thing i want to do is be childish and hold grudges. but i wont grovel.
thanks again I think the bottom line is she needs to leave the parenting of your child up to YOU. Even if she feels that something wasn't right, for her to behave that way, causing fear and confusion in YOUR child is beyond childish.
I feel bad for most toddlers...I don't think MOST adults TRY to really get where they are coming from. Sometimes, when they try to explain themselves they have a very hard time, because they know very few words to explain complex emotions. Like you said, your daughter was just trying to be sorry, trying show she meant to harm in the first place.
In all honesty...I cannot believe your friend let a little spat between TODDLERS get her that upset.
Good luck...LOL...I don't know what I would do if I were you, the only thing I know for SURE is that she'd hear me say, "I parent my child, not you. You will not tell me what to do and you will not scare my child like that again."
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