Last night I’ve passed through one
of the big tests in parenting!
Ghadi said he wants to live in
another home, where he can play as much as he wanted!
Luckily, I’ve read about this just
couple weeks ago, (otherwise I would have had a heart attack), so I was well prepared for such situation… still, my
heart bumped quickly as I heard him say that
I took the whole subject
calmly, and I started a long conversation with him to discuss his statement…
Then I told him he can go but he
shall leave all his stuff at our home, and that he won’t be able to live with
us
And that other homes have rules as
well, rules that could be more strict than ours!
And when he mentioned he wanted a
nicer mom, I was instantly panicked but, I was so confident and firm replying: but I’m the best mom in the
world honey!
And I waited for his reaction…
He smiled and his eyes were
shining, then he said: yeah, right and he was almost willing to hug me (which
he didn’t do indeed)
I would say that after almost 5 years of parenting , this was the hardest part…
And I tried to think about
the coming years, the adolescent Ghadi, the
teenager
Ghadi now listened to me and talked
about his wishes and his feelings…
Definitely he would NOT have the same
patience later…
So now I'm having the urge to read more
about parenting! More about boys… and more about anger management!
