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Originally Posted by greeneyes
I'm not saying that if there was manipulation to begin with that it should be excused away. What I am saying is that as a parent, there are better ways to deal with situations and under no circumstance should she have treated her child (or anyone for that matter) in that manner.
She was acting like a complete child and not the adult that she should be.
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Exactly right.
My brother loved to provoke my parents. My Dad would flip out sometimes. My mom though would usually stay quite calm. It doesn't matter what the kid does a parent should have the restraint to deal with a kid who is so subordinate.
If the kid was provoking his parents they could close his credit card account. If he's 16 then the only way he gets a credit card is if he got his parents to sign off on it. In that case they still have authority with regards to the account. If he's managed to provoke her to the point that she has flipped out then he's most likely acting too childish to hold a credit card account. I mean there are so many variables. So many ways they could take priveledges, provide consequences for negative behavior. There is absolutely no reason for a parent - the one who is to be the example - to behave like that.
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