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We are a military family and hubby had a lot of long hours and I worked for the military.  We had one daughter and while we were hands-on, we let her be herself, let her go on trips, ski, let her take classes we thought were foolish (Russian - imagine), dye her hair awful, wear terrible makeup and weird clothes.  My husband always  told her, " be like an eagle, fly, fly, soar to the top and become anything you want."  We never had an issue with her.  Honor student, college graduate - PHD and an achiever.  I think it is because we gave her a certain amount of freedom, which I never had growing up, let her make choices, give opinions.  I refused to read diaries, journals (she would read them to us), nose into her things, not even. She never had a curfew but knew we would worry after a certain time.  It is all about trust.  Maybe living in Europe, in a village, for 13 years had something to do with that.  It worked for us.

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I’ve seen this before and LOVE IT! My daughter is now the Mom of a beautiful 20 month old. I al OST feel like getting g it for her her & stow it away for a mother’s Day in the not so distant future!
My Mum always used to tell me about “Mother’s Revenge”! Now I know exactly what she meant!
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e seen this before and LOVE IT! My daughter is now the Mom of a beautiful 20 month old. I ALMOST feel like getting g it for her her & stow it away for a Mother’s Day in the not so distant future!
My Mum always used to tell me about “Mother’s Revenge!” Now, I know exactly what she meant!
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@Shanus...

Where can I get one of those signs?  Smiley Very Happy

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@Mistic wrote:

@Shanus...

Where can I get one of those signs?  Smiley Very Happy


 

 

@Mistic  I have no idea, but good, huh?