Comments on: Parents and children relationships: Parent or friends? http://www.daddeeyah.com/2009/04/27/parents-and-children-relationships-parent-or-friends/ A working Daddee learning to cope in a big big world Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Biuye http://www.daddeeyah.com/2009/04/27/parents-and-children-relationships-parent-or-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-2024 Biuye Mon, 04 May 2009 07:14:27 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/?p=735#comment-2024 A child is a responsilibity once must be ready for. There is no meter to gauge how ready or how capable anyone is for this task. Blogs like yours are great as since I am not a parent, I can learn from your blog by reading all the shared experiences. All I read here in your blog is that all the parents here love their kids, know their priorities and try their darndest to do their best. Now that is saying a lot! A child is a responsilibity once must be ready for. There is no meter to gauge how ready or how capable anyone is for this task. Blogs like yours are great as since I am not a parent, I can learn from your blog by reading all the shared experiences. All I read here in your blog is that all the parents here love their kids, know their priorities and try their darndest to do their best. Now that is saying a lot!

]]> By: hissychick http://www.daddeeyah.com/2009/04/27/parents-and-children-relationships-parent-or-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 hissychick Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:55:52 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/?p=735#comment-2013 I have to say that the newspaper article made me go WTF?. Doesn't matter where you are in the world, someone will come up with some reason/person to blame for the fact that teenagers have sex. Either way the R word should never be used lightly. There is something seriously screwed up with a society if our young adults are not treating each other and themselves with respect. As for child/parent relationships I am aiming with my girls for the same type of relationship I had with my own parents: boundaries, patience and non physical punishment/ positive discipline (teaching/guiding). The friendship can come when they are adults. I have to say that the newspaper article made me go WTF?. Doesn’t matter where you are in the world, someone will come up with some reason/person to blame for the fact that teenagers have sex. Either way the R word should never be used lightly. There is something seriously screwed up with a society if our young adults are not treating each other and themselves with respect.

As for child/parent relationships I am aiming with my girls for the same type of relationship I had with my own parents: boundaries, patience and non physical punishment/ positive discipline (teaching/guiding). The friendship can come when they are adults.

]]> By: lia http://www.daddeeyah.com/2009/04/27/parents-and-children-relationships-parent-or-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-2007 lia Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:51:20 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/?p=735#comment-2007 I think we are a different generation to our relationship to our parents. I think we should meet in the middle. We need to retain some form of authority for our kids but be approachable enough so they can talk to us, ask questions and let us know what;s going on in their lives. It's whether you also take an interest in their lives, rather than just work and dont bother about where or what your kids are doing right? If you teach em respect, courtesy etc, it tends to help later on :) wah, sound like Oprah ini.. LOL <abbr><em>[ <i>lia\\\\\\\´s last blog post..<a href="http://cuddlyfamily.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/happy-easter/" rel="nofollow">Happy Easter</a></i> ]</em></abbr> I think we are a different generation to our relationship to our parents. I think we should meet in the middle. We need to retain some form of authority for our kids but be approachable enough so they can talk to us, ask questions and let us know what;s going on in their lives.

It’s whether you also take an interest in their lives, rather than just work and dont bother about where or what your kids are doing right? If you teach em respect, courtesy etc, it tends to help later on :)

wah, sound like Oprah ini.. LOL

[ lia\\\\\\\´s last blog post..Happy Easter ]

]]> By: Ann http://www.daddeeyah.com/2009/04/27/parents-and-children-relationships-parent-or-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Ann Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:47:15 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/?p=735#comment-2006 I think we can only be friends with our kids when they are grown up and matured. I have also read that kids feel more secure and loved when they realise that mummy and daddy have set boundaries for them. And disciplinning now a days is not like it used to be - cane and cold shoulder and fear. But I reckon you are doing a great job with Caitlin. Let me know how it goes with Caleb...coz my boy...hai, I am thissssss close to getting a REAL cane for him! I think we can only be friends with our kids when they are grown up and matured. I have also read that kids feel more secure and loved when they realise that mummy and daddy have set boundaries for them. And disciplinning now a days is not like it used to be – cane and cold shoulder and fear.

But I reckon you are doing a great job with Caitlin. Let me know how it goes with Caleb…coz my boy…hai, I am thissssss close to getting a REAL cane for him!

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