Finally sitting down crocheting, watching the Suns after some 7th grade science homework and a lesson in the probable thought process of a runaway pregnant teenager in hopes to dissuade my oldest twin from being manipulated into covering for this teenager. Fortunately my girls feel comfortable talking to me and David about many problems or issues they may encounter. David and I have earned this trust by listening to them, not judging them, and guiding them to work out a solution they understand and are for the most part comfortable with. (My last two statements can be a whole blog by themselves!)
Rochelle was sitting with me typing away on her laptop, the other 3 girls burrowing in their respective bedrooms, and David at work. Rochelle and I were somewhat mulling over this evenings happenings. We somehow ended up talking about how some parents speak to their children as though they are friends and discuss adult topics with them sometimes asking for advice. I learned that this type of parent/child contact was a reality and not only on TV after I started working with CPS cases. How we ended up talking about this I don’t really know, but I made a comment about how the twins were very close to flunking both years of middle school. Rochelle interrupted me and said that she didn’t realize that the twins could have flunked middle school. She showed genuine surprise with this knowledge!
Thank you Rochelle for one of the most wonderful complements and acknowledgments of good parenting skills a parent can receive. We are a very close family and generally know when one of us is hurting, and I guess David and I did a wonderful job working through this problem with the twins and keeping this issue from affecting Rochelle and Audrey. Go Mom and Dad!!!!!
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Hehe, I do what I can ;-)
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