What comes around goes around
Being a parent puts you is an interesting dilemma. You've already been a kid once so you know there are things you did as a kid that would be considered "bad" or "inappropriate" to your parents...but you did them anyway. I wonder if the thoughts in my head at that time, in the commision of my "bad" events, ever crossed to the point where I knew what I was doing was wrong and would have consequence? Now, as an adult, I find myself searching my past for signs I see in my children today.
"How do I react if my kid does what I did when I was a kid?"
As a kid I was generally good natured but I had a selfish streak in me and was once caught for shoplifting. For the most part I went w/the flow of being a teenager and other than my stint as a Five-Fingered Discounter I'm pretty sure I didn't break any other laws associated with felonies or major crimes against nature. Now, my kids find themselves occasionally in the same situations and I'm not entirely sure how to react.
"How do I react if my kid does what I did when I was a kid?"
As a kid I was generally good natured but I had a selfish streak in me and was once caught for shoplifting. For the most part I went w/the flow of being a teenager and other than my stint as a Five-Fingered Discounter I'm pretty sure I didn't break any other laws associated with felonies or major crimes against nature. Now, my kids find themselves occasionally in the same situations and I'm not entirely sure how to react.
