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If you could raise your kids again, what would you change?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheWalrus" data-source="post: 691378" data-attributes="member: 19905"><p>I would have put her in therapy. Maybe not after I divorced her dad, but definitely after he abandoned her, made promises he never kept, and continually broke her heart.</p><p></p><p>I would not have let her push me away. I would have hugged her anyway, kissed her anyway, invaded her space anyway. I wouldn't have chalked it all up to a "typical teenager" who distances herself from her parents.</p><p></p><p>I would not have been so reactive when she pushed my buttons, which she did and still does like a puppet master. I wish I'd had the calm, no-reaction I have now. Live and learn.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't have pushed her so hard, but I would have invaded her space more, paid closer attention to her friends, her interests, her ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWalrus, post: 691378, member: 19905"] I would have put her in therapy. Maybe not after I divorced her dad, but definitely after he abandoned her, made promises he never kept, and continually broke her heart. I would not have let her push me away. I would have hugged her anyway, kissed her anyway, invaded her space anyway. I wouldn't have chalked it all up to a "typical teenager" who distances herself from her parents. I would not have been so reactive when she pushed my buttons, which she did and still does like a puppet master. I wish I'd had the calm, no-reaction I have now. Live and learn. I wouldn't have pushed her so hard, but I would have invaded her space more, paid closer attention to her friends, her interests, her ideas. [/QUOTE]
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