Support thread for parents of teenagers

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LindsD
LindsD
May 2023
3:20pm, 20 May 2023
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LindsD
Oh yes
TeeBee
TeeBee
May 2023
3:24pm, 20 May 2023
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TeeBee
So may reasons to have children young, which you only find out about when you're too old to have them young :-)
LindsD
LindsD
May 2023
3:29pm, 20 May 2023
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LindsD
Yup
LindsD
LindsD
May 2023
3:30pm, 20 May 2023
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LindsD
:)
jelly
jelly
May 2023
9:25am, 21 May 2023
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jelly
Or just to not bother having children at all!

Don’t get me wrong I love my kids but I love babies, I don’t like children I was never very maternal and I’m just waiting for my youngest to get to 18 and hope he’s nothing like his older brother.

It’s bad enough being an autistic menopausal mum! I was abused by my teenager for years, we have a decent enough relationship now but with my youngest being 12 and knowing I’ve still got a long way to go it’s just hard and I should have had kittens instead!
jelly
jelly
May 2023
9:43am, 21 May 2023
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jelly
Sorry I wish I could delete!

I keep these feelings wrapped up most of the time but they pour out now and then!
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2023
9:47am, 21 May 2023
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Serendippily
Taken as intended jelly. Im trapped by love too but it ties you to the world in a way that is utterly necessary too, just exhausting. Mr Fetch will kindly use his super admin powers to delete any post you really want him to btw
Serendippily
Serendippily
May 2023
9:52am, 21 May 2023
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Serendippily
(And it isn’t just children with whom we form strong relationships either, ive never bought that being a mother makes you better. It is an experience, and one i wouldn’t be without, but it limits other experiences equally valid, and love gets us all)
I particularly enjoyed your comment cheeky’s dad, thank you
Idristhedragon
Idristhedragon
May 2023
10:10am, 21 May 2023
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Idristhedragon
I don’t see anything wrong with your post jelly. We have the life we do and it can be fine but it doesn’t mean we can’t sometimes really wonder what another version would have been like.
TeeBee
TeeBee
May 2023
10:33am, 21 May 2023
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TeeBee
Jelly we all have had battles with our kids (physical and/or mental). There is no judgement here, only support. Sharing your experience may have helped somebody reading, reassuring that they are not alone. I know I felt very alone when things weren't great with my son.

But as Dipps says, we would all understand if you asked Fetch to delete.

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Maintained by LindsD
Thread was started by Trin, back when her kids were in their teens.

A place to vent, but also to share good news.

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