B is for Balance
How do you know when a child is ready to try something new? A new activity, night away from home, riding their bike out of your sight?
Where's the happy medium between "helicopter parent" and "neglectful parent"?
When do you intervene and when do you let the chips fall where they may?
What's "the line" that you don't let them cross without comment? When does sassy turn into disrespectful?
So this is where the 180° mama really comes out. I want my kids to be kids others want to be around. I want them to be smart, capable, friendly, kind. They usually are, but when they are clingy, whiny, yelly, and sassy (the 4 dwarves that didn't make the cut!), I feel at a loss. How many times can you say, "Quiet voice in the house, please" before you either give up or get out the duct tape?
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