Comments on: The family drama http://impostormom.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/ Because everyone feels like a faker some of the time Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: order free magazines http://impostormom.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-2175 order free magazines Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:53:32 +0000 http://impostormom.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-2175 Nice post,Maybe I will sign up to your rss. Nice post,Maybe I will sign up to your rss.

]]> By: Becky Y http://impostormom.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-1126 Becky Y Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:30:28 +0000 http://impostormom.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-1126 Ouch. I know where you're coming from. I moved 5 hours away from my family drama. My oldest is six and I still won't allow him to stay with my parents on his own. They ask all the time, but they also freak out when ever we stay there as a family because my son touches something he's not supposed to or goes somewhere or eats something. I grew up with them...and they wonder why I won't leave my kids there. Heh. Sorry, I'm not willing to beat my kids into submission they way they did. We do things a lot differently around here. <em>Becky Y's last blog post..<a href='http://ryanagi.blogspot.com/2008/04/april-fools.html' rel="nofollow">April Fools!</a></em> Ouch. I know where you’re coming from. I moved 5 hours away from my family drama. My oldest is six and I still won’t allow him to stay with my parents on his own. They ask all the time, but they also freak out when ever we stay there as a family because my son touches something he’s not supposed to or goes somewhere or eats something. I grew up with them…and they wonder why I won’t leave my kids there. Heh. Sorry, I’m not willing to beat my kids into submission they way they did. We do things a lot differently around here.

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]]> By: caramama http://impostormom.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-1127 caramama Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:21:08 +0000 http://impostormom.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-1127 That must be so frustrating! I couldn't imagine leaving the Pumpkin anywhere else for an overnight, which is what staying with your mom (or my ILs for that matter) without you would require. They are just so young at this point, and I think our parents forget what it was really like to have a kid that young 24/7. Good for you being strong about the fact that you are the mom and you decides what's best even if it hurts her feelings. And yeah for your mom saying this: "When she called to apologize she said that she’d thought about it and that we were very different kinds of mothers and that it wasn’t fair to compare us in the way that she had." That's a great realization. Good luck with the continuing drama. <em>caramama's last blog post..<a href='http://caramamamia.blogspot.com/2008/04/read-this-book-and-my-april-read-and.html' rel="nofollow">Read This Book (and My April Read and How I Have Time To Read)</a></em> That must be so frustrating! I couldn’t imagine leaving the Pumpkin anywhere else for an overnight, which is what staying with your mom (or my ILs for that matter) without you would require. They are just so young at this point, and I think our parents forget what it was really like to have a kid that young 24/7.

Good for you being strong about the fact that you are the mom and you decides what’s best even if it hurts her feelings.

And yeah for your mom saying this: “When she called to apologize she said that she’d thought about it and that we were very different kinds of mothers and that it wasn’t fair to compare us in the way that she had.” That’s a great realization.

Good luck with the continuing drama.

caramama’s last blog post..Read This Book (and My April Read and How I Have Time To Read)

]]> By: becoming-mommy http://impostormom.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-1128 becoming-mommy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:40:04 +0000 http://impostormom.com/2008/04/03/the-family-drama/#comment-1128 I totally understand where you are coming from. Only instead of it being my parents, it's Hubby's parents who I have this same argument with. It's a safety thing and I don't feel that they'd be able to keep him safe, given his current age and understanding of the world. They think nothing of leaving an awake toddler in a house alone (free to roam) while they walk a dog down the street, think carseats are stupid, and so much more. Maybe when he's bigger and doesn't need the intensity of care that infants and toddlers require. I still have concerns beause of an extreme difference in values, but I wouldn't worry so much about him dying. Just having to undo what he'd learned there. <em>becoming-mommy's last blog post..<a href='http://becoming-mommy.blogspot.com/2008/04/zups.html' rel="nofollow">The Zups</a></em> I totally understand where you are coming from. Only instead of it being my parents, it’s Hubby’s parents who I have this same argument with. It’s a safety thing and I don’t feel that they’d be able to keep him safe, given his current age and understanding of the world. They think nothing of leaving an awake toddler in a house alone (free to roam) while they walk a dog down the street, think carseats are stupid, and so much more. Maybe when he’s bigger and doesn’t need the intensity of care that infants and toddlers require. I still have concerns beause of an extreme difference in values, but I wouldn’t worry so much about him dying. Just having to undo what he’d learned there.

becoming-mommy’s last blog post..The Zups

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