I have a friend who is a single mom. Her child is young and has been in 4 schools in the last 2 years. When the kid's behavior is bad the mom blames it on everything but him. She says they don't like him, they are prejudiced (against her single status), every excuse in the book.
This child has been around me, and he IS horrible. Does not mind, does not listen, runs wild.
Now, she is always telling me that MY kids are well-behaved b/c I have a husband at home. That may be true but MY kids know consequence. When my 9 year old (who has had As & Bs since kindergarten) brought home a "C", we told him that anymore grades like that would cause him to lose his PS2. No more Cs.
Hubby & I present a united front on punishment, we may be hard on them but we can take them anywhere w/o worrying about how they act. We get no bad reports from school etc.
Does anyone here experience this? How can you help someone like this? Do you even try?
2007-02-07
07:11:37
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laneydoll
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