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Why are parents so worried about their children

Lynette - posted on 06/12/2009 ( 6 moms have responded )

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Why are parents so worried about being friends with their children instead of being parents???

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Coury - posted on 06/12/2009

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it drives me crazy! i had a client come in the other day actually, i do hair on weekends. and its was a prom do. so here i am with this little 17 yr old BRAT!! she wont tell me what she want she expected me to just guess and would you believe she said at one point, during the first hair do, that "this hair is just pissing me off"! i could not believe the way she was acting!! and to top it off her mother was right there just babying her. needless to say we got through it she loved it....finally. and when they were leaving her mom gives me a nice tip and says im so sorry. you mean to tell me this woman is so afraid ofd what her daughter will think of her. she is too busy being a "friend" and not being a mom. and as a mom i know that she was totally embarased for allowing her parenting to turn in to "i hope she likes me". its reversed approval!!

Brittany - posted on 06/12/2009

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I don't know but that's one of the reasons kids do the crazy stuff they do now that makes me scared to send my daughter to school. It's bad now, i'm thinking it's gonna be way worse in 5 yrs.

Cheryl - posted on 06/12/2009

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Yes I agree that we should be parents first and friends second, but I do think that there should be a bit of balance as I have worked hard to make sure that my daughter(8) will feel comfortable to talk to me about anything at any time.... and she does. Instilling a comfort and trust in your relationship between you and your child, I think is very important. We try to keep the balance between discapline and fun as much as we can, but, yet sometimes it does prove a challenging task to know how to handle every sitution appropriately:) At the end of the day I would much rather my daughter come to me to ask questions about life and us give her true answers than her go to her friends who are just as nieve as she is:)

Jessica - posted on 06/12/2009

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B/C a lot of parents like to take the easy way out. My husband used to be one of them until he became a stay at home dad (NOT BY CHOICE). Then my hubby realized he had to be a parent more than his friend. I believe you can be a parent and a friend to your children but you have to be a parent first and foremost.

Elizabeth - posted on 06/12/2009

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i don't understand it either i would rather be his mum than his fried . friends come and go but being his mum is forever

Betsy - posted on 06/12/2009

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It seems easier and people have a desire to be like, though it doesn't work, makes things harder on the end and kids already have friends...they want parents!

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