UGH I know other mom's can identify with the mad obsession of controlling what happens concerning our children. It can really drive you crazy if you let it. Can we control everything? No of course not....but we can try. The problem is that when other people are involved that don't have the same moral values or standards of living, you feel helpless! And for a mom trying to guard her child, feeling helpless can really make the claws come out :) I understand completely a mama bear ripping to shreds anything or anyone threatening her young cub.
So yeah try as we might...we cannot control everything concerning our children. We just have to make sure we are the ones who provide the safe stable environment and teach them the necessary life skills to cope with whatever comes their way. Life won't always be fair and mixed messages are being thrown at our children everyday. All we can do is stick to what we know is right...make the best choices we can for them and be there for them when they get crapped on by the idiots in the world that we all try to avoid.
That's my two cents for the day
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I could not agree more, and it only gets worse as they get older. They go out into the world and are bathed in mixed messages and bombarded with other peoles values or lack thereof, and it is a mother's job to shower them with love and consistency and praise and healthy values and hope it all balances out in the end.
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