Kids will test and push you to find the limits, the boundaries that they need. By asserting those boundaries, you are proving to them that you CARE and love them enough to make the hard decisions. You can't try to be their friend or worry if they "like" you - they need you to LOVE them.
This is so true. But kids in these situations are already messed up because of the situations themselves, and it's hard under the circumstances to enforce those boundries...and the kids will try to manipulate things too! It doesn't change the fact though that your statement is absolutely true. Thanks for the reminder.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.
