I have been on my own with my boys (8 & nearly 5) for 9 months now, and I sometimes find it a struggle, especially with my eldest son.
I often have to ask him several times to do the most simple of things, like get his shoes on etc, and he has started answering back & can at times be quite rude.
Sometimes I do shout, which I know is bad, but I can just reach a point where I can take no more. I always feel bad after & will often apologise if this happens.
This morning DS1 shouted from his bed "I hate all girls & mummy because she is sometimes bossy!
I know that just sounds like one of those silly things that children just come out with, but it has left me really upset. I feel I am getting it all so wrong on my own. I feel he is starting to get a real lack of respect for females.
They won't be seeing their dad until Thurs because of his work shift, and I feel I am just getting it all wrong. I am sitting here in tears typing this out this morning. I feel I am not cut out to be a parent.
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I'm getting it all wrong on my own. Don't feel my DS has any respect for me.
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Pinkchampagne · 26/02/2008 08:03
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