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Thanks Princess_Jen, I don't feel alone in this matter. I just want to think level headed and remember how they have been brought up. Just sometimes I feel like I am on the losing end.
Stay safe,Audra
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PRINCESS_JEN
1/27/07 12:25 P
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I feel your pain!!! I have been a single mom for 7 years and have a 12 year old son and a 16 year old daughter. My daughter and I have the same fight all the time. It seems to be a never ending battle. I try not to be as strict as my parents were with me, but still have boundaries. It's really scary to just let them run, which is exactly what their father does.
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| Thank so much for your anwsers. I feel like I am fighting a down hill battles at times. It is so hard when he lets them go wild every other week-end. To me, they are at a touch age 16 & 18 (girls). I just want them to be able to hold their heads high. They are good girls when it comes to them not doing drugs,in school and the oldest works. It's the Boy thing!! Stay Safe,Audra
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| Hi, I just started Sparks today. I saw your message. Wow, congratulations on your progress!!!! I think being a mother to teens is the hardest. I have a 15 yr old daughter and I am told I am too strict but it is so scary out there and I do not want her to make the same mistakes I did. I also have a 10 year old going on 15. I have been divorced 10 years and their father lives in Mexico so I have them 24/7. I eat when my daughter and I fight. My drug of choice? Krispy Kreme donuts.
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FILIPINA_WINNIE
11/19/06 4:59 P
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| Don't give up! Stay firm with your children because obviously your ex isn't. They need to know they can count on at least one of their parents which is obviously you. I have a 12 y/o daughter and 13 y/o son. Both would love to go out more often but for the most part they don't. Their real father is out of the picture so it is my current hubby and I who raise our children. Probably when our son hits high school next year we will loosen the "umbilical cord" a bit but only enough that he will understand that what we do for them is in their best interest.
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ALABAR58
11/19/06 12:52 P
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| Is it im or other mothers have problems with their teen daughters wanting to go all the time? I am told that I am strict and I tell them I only do it because I love them. I am a single parent(divorced for 10 years now)and their father is of no help. When he has them every other week-end - they run and he isn't even home. Gives them money and says see ya later.I feel like giving up sometimes. audra1958
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