Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Parent Emeritus
My Son left home to be Homeless
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 750712" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Gosh, Sunnysad, I sure do understand why you would buy her a phone. You do this for you. (Of course she could do this with it and she could do that. She would make her choices whether or not you buy a phone. It's on her.) I think we kid ourselves that anything we do or don't do will help them change. </p><p></p><p>It's a fantasy we have any control. </p><p></p><p>I set boundaries about weed on my property, not because I believe (anymore) I can control his weed. I do it because I don't want weed on my property and I don't want to subsidize his weed. </p><p></p><p>The same thing with you and the phone. Your intention is to help her to have a way to protect herself and to stay connected. She will or will not use it constructively. You have no control over this and no responsibility for it, either.</p><p></p><p>That's how I think now. (But I know others disagree.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 750712, member: 18958"] Gosh, Sunnysad, I sure do understand why you would buy her a phone. You do this for you. (Of course she could do this with it and she could do that. She would make her choices whether or not you buy a phone. It's on her.) I think we kid ourselves that anything we do or don't do will help them change. It's a fantasy we have any control. I set boundaries about weed on my property, not because I believe (anymore) I can control his weed. I do it because I don't want weed on my property and I don't want to subsidize his weed. The same thing with you and the phone. Your intention is to help her to have a way to protect herself and to stay connected. She will or will not use it constructively. You have no control over this and no responsibility for it, either. That's how I think now. (But I know others disagree.) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Parent Emeritus
My Son left home to be Homeless
Top