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What is tough love, detachment, enabling etc?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 623087" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I did everything right (haha). Or so I thought. My kids were the center of my life. I only worked part-time and only when their dad was home, so no daycare. My house was THE house all the kids wanted to be at. I was the one who drove all the kids to baseball, football and other practices. I went to school regularly. I put myself in the background...one could say my existence was only to make sure my kids were ok.I had long talks with all of my children. I had very good control of my temper while raising a few difficult kids. I stayed calm. That's what good parents do, right? They all were encouraged to reach for the stars and we'd be their biggest cheerleaders (husband and me).</p><p></p><p>What a humbling experience this path has taken me down! At the same time, I've become a cynic. When I see a "perfect" looking family, with hub and wife holding hands and the scrubbed and well dressed kids all smiling in the sunshine, my inner voice now asks me, "What are their problems, I wonder?"</p><p></p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 623087, member: 1550"] I did everything right (haha). Or so I thought. My kids were the center of my life. I only worked part-time and only when their dad was home, so no daycare. My house was THE house all the kids wanted to be at. I was the one who drove all the kids to baseball, football and other practices. I went to school regularly. I put myself in the background...one could say my existence was only to make sure my kids were ok.I had long talks with all of my children. I had very good control of my temper while raising a few difficult kids. I stayed calm. That's what good parents do, right? They all were encouraged to reach for the stars and we'd be their biggest cheerleaders (husband and me). What a humbling experience this path has taken me down! At the same time, I've become a cynic. When I see a "perfect" looking family, with hub and wife holding hands and the scrubbed and well dressed kids all smiling in the sunshine, my inner voice now asks me, "What are their problems, I wonder?" Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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