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Date: 8/6/2007 2:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 4144
psychotic beast! i love your name!! reminds me of somebody! anyway.....i have to say i totally agree with you. your mom should stick to the grounding. if you're not going to enforce it why do it? when you were grounded did you learn your lesson? did your groundings ever end early? my daughter's groundings almost never ended early. i think twice i gave in. both times i flew off the handle and went overboard. there was no sneaking around or whining on her part tho. she would give me time to cool off and in a very calm and soothing voice (like she was talking to a 5 year old!) she would explain things. and she knew the truth would set her free quicker! my best friend NEVER enforced it when she grounded her daughter. two days was the max for her. no the daughter has a 5 year old that she gave birth to at 17. she is into drinking and drugs. she doesn't take care of her kid. blows all her money to party and mommy and daddy have to pay all her bills. i don't think you are doing your kids right by caving in on stuff like that no matter the reason.  |
Date: 8/6/2007 2:32:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 62841
Mine never ended early and I did learn lessons from it. She stuck to it with me, so I don't see why she can't do the same with him. I don't see the point of him being grounded if she isn't going to do anything.  |
Date: 8/6/2007 2:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 60685
Jenn, let me guess, it's just the two of you and he's the youngest? It was the same for me, I'd complain about things being unfair and I just ended up being the black sheep so at some point I just figured why bother? It's her child, if she wants to spoil him rotten it's her problem, she's the mother so don't waste your energies taking on that role and trust me sooner or later and with how your brother is behaving I'm thinking sooner she'll end up regretting letting stuff slide. Just worry about your life and focus on your studies and your things and your mom might just begin to appreciate you acting mature versus your brother giving her grief all the time, and all in all your brother might stop his foolish ways once you stop giving any attention to him.  |
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Date: 8/6/2007 2:37:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 62841
Yeah, I'm the oldest and he the youngest. I should just focus on school since I will be starting college next month. I'm glad someone knows how it is though, that way it isn't like me just being "jealous" like some people think. Thank you for the advice |
Date: 8/6/2007 3:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 64454
I'm so sorry to hear that you and he are/were not treated the same. This seems to be pretty common. I grew up as an only child, but my friends often complained of the same thing. And it seemed that my girl friends were often punished more than my male friends. Not sure why this is except many of them said they're paents (primarily dads) worried more about them because they are girls. That they were more prone to being hurt than boys so it was for their own good. Not sure I agree with that logic, but I remember hearing it a lot. Maybe that's the case here? Regardless, I hope you feel better. Take good care! Hugs, Baby Bunny  |
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Date: 8/6/2007 3:21:00 PM
From Authorid: 64454
I agree with Skylar |
Date: 8/6/2007 4:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 63871
I know where your coming from. I have 2 brothers, one older and one younger. Me and my older brother couldn't get away with anything, and once we were grounded, that was it, we were grounded for however long my dad said we were. But my younger brother who's 5 years younger than me gets it a lot easier. He doesn't get in trouble for much, and when he does, the punishment is forgotten within a day or two. It seems like parents soften up after a while.  |
Date: 8/6/2007 6:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 62823
P.B., I agree with you. If your Mom does not teach him a lesson now things will get worse. Little things always lead to bigger things and next time he may do something on a much larger scale. Now is the time for discipline, not later. Sounds like you have been reminding her of her responsibilities. If she does not take care of her responsibilities as a parent now, I GUARANTEE you, she will take care of them later, and not by choice. All you can do is share your wisdom with her. If she does not listen at least you tried. Hang in there and try to overlook this period of distress. Focus on you and being the best that you can be. I pray that your Mom opens her eyes now before it's to late. God bless!  |
Date: 8/7/2007 6:16:00 AM
From Authorid: 2030
No one likes a tattle tale.  |
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