I had a tough daughter. She is whip smart, very stubborn, and gave me a run for the money until her 3rd year of college. I jumped in to save her from mistakes too much. I tell every parent facing the same thing with their kids to let them fail early and often.
We still butt heads occasionally now that she is 27, but we definitely have a better relationship than we did in those high school years. She is an amazing employee (engineer) and we get complimented all the time on how articulate and poised she is. It was a hard slog but we produced an amazing human!
I had a tough daughter. She is whip smart, very stubborn, and gave me a run for the money until her 3rd year of college. I jumped in to save her from mistakes too much. I tell every parent facing the same thing with their kids to let them fail early and often.
We still butt heads occasionally now that she is 27, but we definitely have a better relationship than we did in those high school years. She is an amazing employee (engineer) and we get complimented all the time on how articulate and poised she is. It was a hard slog but we produced an amazing human!
Thank you for that. My husband says he and I are too similar and I see it, I do like that we can bond over this kind of stuff and he likes it too.