Discipline

[Lindsey]

I have no kids myself, but I remember growing up and seeing my cousins running around doing what they wanted, and I was jealous. Now, one of them had to go to a juvenile detention center when he was 14, his younger brother got taken away from the family because of the dysfunction, and the oldest, a girl my age, was on drugs at an early age and now has 2 children she is raising by herself. She and I are closer now and she has cleaned up completely, but I see her raising her children the same way she was raised. Sometimes her two year old daughter is still awake at 1 or 2 in the morning! She is trying, but she hasn't had any good examples in her life on how to raise children.

[khardy57]

My sons are grown now, also. You know you did a good job when they come back to you and say "Thank you, Mama, for raising me like you did"

Both of mine have done that at different times. I raised them alone for 10 years and felt like I had to do a better job than parents who raised their kids together.

When they needed their rear-ends popped, it happened. I also didn't like it when girls called them. I guess I was old fashioned, but when I was growing up only trashy girls called boys.

[Janet]

My son is 15 and so far I haven't had to worry about girls calling. He's had just a couple call...but when they do they'll ask for Rick and I have to say which one...that's my husband's name too....LOL