Excessive Parent Involvement = Chronic Child Dependency (CDD)

anon94785555
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:23:05 +0000

Posting here keeps some of us from bugging our kids (more than we do), gives us an outlet when the nest is empty, helps kids who ask dumb questions on the college sites, gives us exposure/insight to life outside our little geographic corner of the country, etc.

Knowledge is power- wish I had this forum back when- there was no internet, not even PCs…think slide rule in college…

The gifted need as much help as the handicapped, I’ve posted about that elsewhere…

It doesn’t matter what we do online, discusssing with each other- my mom kaffee klatched with the neighbor ladies, it kept their sanity when women weren’t supposed to work outside the home and there were no second cars (we kids could never say “so and so’s mom let her…” since the moms had already discussed and decided no)- consider this a very large kitchen table.

BTW OP - what are you wasting your time here for- don’t you have better things to do? Not enough going on in your life? Go back outside and play with your friends… These forums are open to the public, you’d be surprised at how much was done for you by parents behind the scenes in your growing up years. Presumably you talk to your dormmates et al, guess what, older people also talk to each other… It is nicer to talk anonymously here than with people you or your kids know- maintains privacy et al.

Finally, it is nice to post here and imagine you are actually being listened to- my son won’t and certainly never lets me manage his life.