12-05-2004, 07:52 AM
I have this rule in my house – this is not a democracy I make the decisions until the boys stage a coup de tat.
Still I firmly believe that although I make decisions that may be unpopular it is my role as a parent to make acceptable adults and any decision or however they hate me at the time is acceptable to me if is the right decision long term.
Being a parent is hard with all the opportunities that a child faces in this world – from peer pressure, drugs and all forms of things good and bad – when and how they the children make decisions for themselves is dictated by themselves but as master in charge I can and do override a decision I feel inappropriate – whatever the outcome of how they feel towards me.
So parents when you have a decision to make remember that you have a responsibility towards creating a future for your child and you can and must make those difficult decisions no matter how hard they are – for the sake of the children.
Have you ever had to make a really unpopular decision and backed away because you thought your child will love you less or have you gone with what you knew was right even though it tore you up, remember when your child becomes an adult you suddenly have no recourse to mistakes you made will watching them grow up.
Still I firmly believe that although I make decisions that may be unpopular it is my role as a parent to make acceptable adults and any decision or however they hate me at the time is acceptable to me if is the right decision long term.
Being a parent is hard with all the opportunities that a child faces in this world – from peer pressure, drugs and all forms of things good and bad – when and how they the children make decisions for themselves is dictated by themselves but as master in charge I can and do override a decision I feel inappropriate – whatever the outcome of how they feel towards me.
So parents when you have a decision to make remember that you have a responsibility towards creating a future for your child and you can and must make those difficult decisions no matter how hard they are – for the sake of the children.
Have you ever had to make a really unpopular decision and backed away because you thought your child will love you less or have you gone with what you knew was right even though it tore you up, remember when your child becomes an adult you suddenly have no recourse to mistakes you made will watching them grow up.
Never say never