How did/will you treat your children?

Silverseastar · 05-01-2012, 10:00 AM

I was raised by a loving single mom. She had my younger brother and I and was back at university as soon as I hit 5 years old and worked part time as well. She always said she loved us and did her best to show it. There was never any violence or spanking.

But things happened because there was only one of her. Just not quite enough to go around.

What I did the same was the loving no violence pieces. I was more involved and consistent with my kids- did home birth, home school, and real hands on parenting.

Then my youngest child got ill with a disease and our lives were turned into chaos for several years. All the fear and hospital stays created a dramatic stressful environment and the best we could do was cope. It had an impact on the levels of energy for anything else. Once her remission hit it opened doors for "normal" again only she was an angry teenager who felt she lost some of the best years of her life. That was a fun time- not.

If I could change some things- I would have got her into therapy right away. Actually all of us. I would have asked for direct help versus hoping/waiting others would see what was needed and volunteer.

Parenting is tough and profoundly rewarding. My two daughters rock my world in mostly good ways. I could do without the drama that occasionally occurs between two teenage sisters tho

05-01-2012, 10:00 AM	#20
Silverseastar Member How Do You Identify?: femme, submissive, girl Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Singular Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 133 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 348 Thanked 492 Times in 107 Posts Rep Power: 3095522	I was raised by a loving single mom. She had my younger brother and I and was back at university as soon as I hit 5 years old and worked part time as well. She always said she loved us and did her best to show it. There was never any violence or spanking. But things happened because there was only one of her. Just not quite enough to go around. What I did the same was the loving no violence pieces. I was more involved and consistent with my kids- did home birth, home school, and real hands on parenting. Then my youngest child got ill with a disease and our lives were turned into chaos for several years. All the fear and hospital stays created a dramatic stressful environment and the best we could do was cope. It had an impact on the levels of energy for anything else. Once her remission hit it opened doors for "normal" again only she was an angry teenager who felt she lost some of the best years of her life. That was a fun time- not. If I could change some things- I would have got her into therapy right away. Actually all of us. I would have asked for direct help versus hoping/waiting others would see what was needed and volunteer. Parenting is tough and profoundly rewarding. My two daughters rock my world in mostly good ways. I could do without the drama that occasionally occurs between two teenage sisters tho