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OT: Pausing the Internet
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dfrecore Wrote:I agree. While I homeschool my kids, I'm pretty far removed from helicopter parenting - I am all about natural consequences (my kid just got back from camp and spent all his money and didn't have but $2 left to eat lunch that last day. Oh well, I guess next time he'll try to be better about budgeting, or else he'll go hungry! - I gave him PLENTY of money for meals, but he decided to buy a t-shirt with some of it). I want them to feel the pain of bad decisions, and some kids need to feel more pain than others. But when their pain (being sleepy and grumpy the next day) becomes MY pain, then we need to make some changes!

<--- also not a rescuer. It doesn't create resentful kids, my kids are exceptionally self-reliant and proud of that ability.
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cookderosa Wrote:<--- also not a rescuer. It doesn't create resentful kids, my kids are exceptionally self-reliant and proud of that ability.

*sigh* Sometimes I have a feeling I'm the "terror daddy" as I sometimes get a little loud with the kids...
And of course, the times where I had to slap their wrists when they draw on the wall and not on the paper...
But I love them both... even though they may not appreciate what I do for them now, I hope they do later.
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Cookderosa: Yeah, that's a good way to put it. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect your kids to go to bed at a sane hour - at least most nights. Sleep deprivation is not a pretty picture, and Starbucks is not a suitable substitute for getting sufficient sleep!

(Some of the other features of this device seem like overkill, however.)
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