Parenting Chat Thread #3 (newborn, 14 year old, custody, teenage)
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I'm going to look in the garage and see if the bike is gone. Maybe he went for a ride.
Good grief Hopes! Let us know. I'd be worried too.
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Originally Posted by Hopes
Which side of the family is she from? How far away does she live from you?
It's strange that she's willing to leave her boyfriend to live with you for the summer.
It will be interesting to hear her response to your asking her how she plans to support herself until she finds a job.
She's from my side of the family. She's a good 14 hours away from us. So not terribly close to home. I just went back and forth with my nephew - whom she is staying with now. Very enlightening. He said don't do it. He didn't even want her living with him, but her boyfriend (his roommate of all things) and her went behind his back. He said she hasn't made much effort in finding a job and wishes she'd get things together and stop relying on others to take care of her.
So I've made the decision, just now need to figure out how to tell her no without hurting her feelings.
Glad you found him! How's he doing with the friend living with you guys?
It's a slow adjustment, but I'm seeing small signs of improvement.
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Originally Posted by jkcoop
I like the wording of the taking a vote. Hopefully she won't be mad at me, but then again, I really can't worry about that.
I was disappointed, but I wasn't mad. I remember being impressed that everyone, including teenage boys (her sons), had a say. (That's probably the main reason I thought to hold a vote in my house before deciding to let my son's friend move in too.)
The part about facing what I was trying to escape and running away doesn't help solve problems because the solutions are inside myself stuck with me for the my entire life. I really thought about those words and it helped me to stop thinking about running away from problems.
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Originally Posted by Zimbochick
Sweet Jeebus - if it looks like a trainwreck, and it smells like a trainwreck....
That sure was a train wreck. It's like some of them were dropped on their heads as babies.
The more I hang out here,the more I think there should be a test before people are allowed to become parents.
But it looks like I lucked out and got in the last word. LOL
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