Comments on: Parenting - Part Two

By: Rosie

Rosie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:28:20 +0000

I don’t think I could ever throw my child out of my home. I know what it’s like to have a mother that you think doesn’t love you and wishes you were never born, and I could never let my children feel that way.

By: Britt

Britt — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:38:41 +0000

I’ve been reading your blogs for roughly three years now, I think - yes it must’ve been because I remember reading you were 16 when I first visited your website - and throughout these years I have always stood in amazement about how cold your mother was when it came to throwing you out.

I don’t think I could ever throw my child out like that; I mean, like you said, you were a normal teenage girl, nothing out of the ordinary, and what kind of mum are you to throw her out of your home with no real reasons?

I do not mean to offend your mum in any way, but this is just how I think about it. I know the two of you get on well or at least fine now and I’m happy for you, because she is still your mum. But I don’t know if I could be that forgiving if she were my mum.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:34:28 +0000

Aw I would hate it if my parents were like that. I wouldn’t know what to think if my parents threw me out; I agree being kicked out at the age is awful. If you hadn’t done anything wrong, you shouldn’t have been kicked out.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:09:26 +0000

To answer your question: no. I know it’s hard to say at this point in my life what type of mother I’d be. I have no doubt that I’ll fight with my kids when they’re my age and I more than likely will throw them out… only to call them an hour later and tell them to get their bum back home. But then, if they were at a point in their lives where they really shouldn’t be still living at home and depending on me (and believe me, my idea of this is if their in their late 20’s), I have no idea what I would do. Would I kick them out? Let them stay at home?

I’d like to think that the decisions I make for my future children would be in their best interest and not out of something they happen to do that might piss me off. I wouldn’t kick them out because of anything they did, but more because it’s time for them to learn how to live on their own.