A friend's daughter, a great girl, asked for my advice. She's wonderful, but has some difficulties to deal with time, she often comes late for lunch or keeps talking w/ friends and forgets to come home. She agrees she should change. Yesterday she was late for lunch. Her mom wasn't mad, treated her w/ love but gave a small punishment. She had to write some lines, nothing harsh, but sure embarrassing for a 15 yo. Her mom said she'll have to write lines whenever she comes late The girl is a bit resentful and thinks her mom messed up. Her reasoning 1) She's a good girl, she just has difficulty to deal w/ time; 2) Punishments are for "moral" mistakes, which certainly wasn't the case; 3) Instead of punishment, she thinks she should just abide by the consequences, like not having lunch. Though I see the girl's point, I said her mom, out of love, would never deny her lunch. Though I don't agre w/ the punishment, I think her mom showed love, and denying the girl her lunch might be traumatic
2007-01-18
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