Comments on: Are The Parent/Child Boundaries Blurred? http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/are-the-parentchild-boundaries-blurred/ Natural Motherhood, Breastfeeding, Baby Wearing and Green Living. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:39:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Emily http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/are-the-parentchild-boundaries-blurred/comment-page-1/#comment-46022 Emily Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:11:38 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/?p=2847#comment-46022 When I was teaching, I would occasionally get a child who was "parentified." Talk about discipline challenges! (b/c they thought I was going to give them everything they wanted, like their parents) Most of the time, by the middle of the year the kid would be showing me more respect than their parents, b/c I made them to understand that I was their teacher, not their friend. PS about co-sleeping issue: Our son--who has slept w/ us since birth--is almost three, and as such loves to test boundaries. However, usually one word from Mommy straightens him out, b/c I have been firm with him and established that I am the authority from the get-go. I wish people would quit blaming co-sleeping and realize that it's about how the parent handles the kids during waking hours. And Carrie, I think it's normal for kids around 10 to reach to a new level of pushing buttons. They're at a stage where they wish they had more control over their lives. As long as you and DH continue to be firm, he'll eventually come back 'round. :) When I was teaching, I would occasionally get a child who was “parentified.” Talk about discipline challenges! (b/c they thought I was going to give them everything they wanted, like their parents)

Most of the time, by the middle of the year the kid would be showing me more respect than their parents, b/c I made them to understand that I was their teacher, not their friend.

PS about co-sleeping issue: Our son–who has slept w/ us since birth–is almost three, and as such loves to test boundaries. However, usually one word from Mommy straightens him out, b/c I have been firm with him and established that I am the authority from the get-go.

I wish people would quit blaming co-sleeping and realize that it’s about how the parent handles the kids during waking hours.

And Carrie, I think it’s normal for kids around 10 to reach to a new level of pushing buttons. They’re at a stage where they wish they had more control over their lives. As long as you and DH continue to be firm, he’ll eventually come back ’round. :)

]]> By: Polandspring http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/are-the-parentchild-boundaries-blurred/comment-page-1/#comment-45816 Polandspring Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:42:34 +0000 http://naturalmomstalkradio.com/blog/?p=2847#comment-45816 Great Post! Thanks for sharing this information. Too many parents try to be their child's best friend and sometimes it doesn't work out the way they would like especially children with <a href="http://www.thetotaltransformation.com/oppositional-defiant-disorder.aspx" rel="nofollow">oppositional defiant disorder</a>. Those children need even more discipline. Great Post! Thanks for sharing this information. Too many parents try to be their child’s best friend and sometimes it doesn’t work out the way they would like especially children with oppositional defiant disorder. Those children need even more discipline.

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