[Larry_OHF]

Originally posted by bilqis: One thing I've always found interesting about my ex is that while he loves the kids, he has very little tolerance for them being "children". He expects them to behave as adults. I have reminded him numerous times that our job as parents is to teach them how to behave as adults, they are not just born knowing important social skills. Doesn't matter tho. He still gets frustrated with them. It gets better the older they get, but when they were really young, it was tough sometimes. Wonder if what Larry is dealing with is a similar sort of thing?

You may be right. Th older she gets, the better she acts, and the less crying she does. For example...right now, when she cries, I have to try and figure out why. Usually it is because she sees one of us leave the room. That makes her think we have left her, or something stupid like that, even though the other one of us is there. She just sees me leave, and don't care that mom is right behind her. Well, a 5 year old will not do that. I just hate to hear her cry. I have a low tolerance to it. Especially in the car, as we are driving, and suddenly, she lets this ear piercing, window shattering scream as though she'd been bitten by a monster...and the only thing wrong with her is that she dropped her stupid toy. I just about wreck when she scares me like that, then I have to pul over and find the toy. Nobody on here can blame me for hoping that she grows up really quick.




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