tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post4668502259306619242..comments2023-09-23T02:16:11.746-06:00Comments on Thoughts from a Foster Family: Parental AuthorityYondallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10375966725096729570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-42459267762602178612008-06-25T10:00:00.000-06:002008-06-25T10:00:00.000-06:00IM a new visitor to your blog. Im trying to find h...IM a new visitor to your blog. Im trying to find helpful informative fostering blogs :) yeah for yours!Momto5 RachelJoy Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108929304137785669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-89123310615927885682008-06-22T19:58:00.000-06:002008-06-22T19:58:00.000-06:00GirlSpeaks,Oh I completely understand it. It is wh...GirlSpeaks,<BR/><BR/>Oh I completely understand it. It is what they have been taught by the system and many/most of the people in it. <BR/><BR/>I don't condemn the kids for this way of thinking. The post was about reminding myself about all this. Gary is insisting that he wants to graduate early. I have been trying to convince him not to, mostly because I am afraid that he won't finish his courses by the time he is 18 and will leave with them undone.<BR/><BR/>I need to remind myself that I really can't stop him.Yondallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10375966725096729570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-2847541743256001142008-06-22T18:14:00.000-06:002008-06-22T18:14:00.000-06:00Well you also have to look at it this way... We're...Well you also have to look at it this way... We're taught that it's easy for them to give us away when we do the slightest things wrong or that they don't approve of, so why shouldn't we be able to "give away" them as well...GirlSpeakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014199365789585050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21112957.post-65924121665960735862008-06-22T15:58:00.000-06:002008-06-22T15:58:00.000-06:00You write, "I am saying though that with most kids...You write, "I am saying though that with most kids you have access to that sort of power. You can say, 'You must' and your teenager will not even consider rejecting you as parents."<BR/><BR/>Actually, this is how a lot of teens come into care: Their parents say, "You must," and the kid says flat out, "No." Somewhere along the way, something went wrong, and the kid doesn't trust his/her parent and does not endow that parent with power over him/her.processhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896815941859100568noreply@blogger.com