Quote From: momakababeIt's one thing to give comfort to a frieghtened kid but there's no reason for a teenager to be in bed with their parent. I have sons and I'm VERY affectionate with them, but they'd never ask me to "rub their stomach" a hug ? yep we'd hug & they'd even stand being cute with their arm around me while talking to people but it would not ever occurr to them to hop in my bed. That's bizzar and what father helps their kid with a tampon? again that's not the thinking of a father who is looking at his teenage daughter as his daughter. We don't need to sleep with the kids for them to feel loved and there's a huge difference to me between someone who's hugging affectionately and touching inappropriately.
It's one thing to give comfort to a frieghtened kid but there's no reason for a teenager to be in bed with their parent.
My 13 year old daughter climbs into bed with me...not often but she does. Our family isn't "bizzarre"-just close and loving. And I had to help her with a tampon -first I demonstrated with myself, then I watched her and gave her pointers and then finally, I helped her do it. It was NOT sexual anymore than wiping her butt was sexual when she was three.
The really sick people are the ones who can imagine a sexual thrill in normal parent-child interaction.
