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Training your kids!
Have any of you ever figured out why punishment and control rarely works? Were you ever a kid? Did you ever do "bad" things behind your parent's backs? If yes, WHY? If you...

Looks like the one's in Heaven had learned to SHARE of GIVE with love and respect! Beautiful story!
My late wife and I nearly perfected the art of loving respect and SHARING after surviving our...

Hello, Moderators:
So far, this is the best post on the subject of Parenting so you might as well close this Threat as this post just about sums it all up for anyone interested in the subject of...

Brilliant! :cake: :cake: :cake:

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I'm guessing, based on the few parents I know or knew that raising kids is NOT the toughest part of a parent's life. Being HONEST with your self is the toughest part and is actually the toughest...

Bye, bye. :clapping:

LOL, I also know what you are!

Yes, I remember being a teenager. Were you ever one?
I remember that some of us teenagers were wonderful, happy, respectful, kind, vocal, good and honorable kids, thanks to good parenting and then...

Chris, at first I wanted to just ignore this childish AA/Al-anon lecture but since we are both Recovery veterans, I’ve decided to let others see how Recovery veterans handle these things.


Yes, I...

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Good for you.
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BEAUTIFUL! :heart:

Our little sister was allowed to speak and have opinions but she was very quiet and I now believe that she lived in dread fear of dad and us mean boys. I liked and loved my little sister but never...

Dear Lifebringer, your story is very touching and painful and I wish I had a magic wand to make it all better and you seem to be doing good now so maybe it is "better" after all.


Without getting...

......and your point is..? :raining:

To each his own! :raining:

More on good, adequate parenting.
If my brother and I had been given good/adequate parenting, we might have gone out into the world with good and noble intentions but, our parents were not very good...

Thanks 4 this post. Your post is both powerful and significant and I hope a lot of adults, parents or otherwise, come to read what you so eloquently have written here about your parenting and your...

I don't know if you are a parent but, what would you say good or adequate parenting would be like. Please give some examples of good parenting in your opinion or personal experiences. :flower:...