HE has the ability to teach them things I cannot, and will NEVER be able to teach them.... that they have to KNOW. Like GGB is teaching his son. Too bad. Sorry you feel that way. Where's my check?
Female: Awh. Let him be. He's our son. Of COURSE he will pay us back. he LOVES us. GGB: Has nothing to do with love. Show me the MONEY. Now.
Anyone who is reading this can see it immediately. No prob. Put yourself into it, with YOUR child, things change.
This made me chuckle, because when I was growing up, it was my mother who was the hardazz and my father who was the softie. My mother would never back down on anything like this, but my father didn't take tough stances like she did. In fact, he deferred pretty much all of the child-rearing to her, even when it came to my brother.
I do understand to some degree (from my experience with S4) how draining it is to be tested all the time, and I can only imagine what it's like with a teen, but still, I honestly don't think I'd be that soft! GGB's boundaries sound completely reasonable to me. I don't think I'd have difficulties enforcing similar boundaries with S4 down the road, especially if cac and I were on the same page. I don't think I'd do as well as sole enforcer like my mother was.
