Comments on: Letting Them Go http://www.blisstree.com/articles/letting-them-go-119/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:32:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Love Thursday April 17, 2008 | The Bean Blog http://www.blisstree.com/articles/letting-them-go-119/comment-page-1/#comment-76802 Love Thursday April 17, 2008 | The Bean Blog Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:42:19 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/letting-them-go/#comment-76802 [...] Keaton was in Washington D.C. on his eighth grade American history field trip, all the kids got together in front of the Capitol [...] [...] Keaton was in Washington D.C. on his eighth grade American history field trip, all the kids got together in front of the Capitol [...]

]]> By: Beth http://www.blisstree.com/articles/letting-them-go-119/comment-page-1/#comment-76648 Beth Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:55:19 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/letting-them-go/#comment-76648 I the same thing last week, I missed him a lot but I just kept reminding myself how important this trip was to him. I the same thing last week, I missed him a lot but I just kept reminding myself how important this trip was to him.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/letting-them-go-119/comment-page-1/#comment-76671 Ellen Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:37:50 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/letting-them-go/#comment-76671 Letting go is the hardest for me as well. I was just having this conversation with a friend ---- you spend all your time in full control of your children - driving them everywhere, helping them make decisions and choices, and then boom - one day you just have to let go and trust they have learned through your guidance. The problem is - I can't seem to view my teens as young adults capable of making decisions!! Letting go is the hardest for me as well. I was just having this conversation with a friend —- you spend all your time in full control of your children – driving them everywhere, helping them make decisions and choices, and then boom – one day you just have to let go and trust they have learned through your guidance. The problem is – I can’t seem to view my teens as young adults capable of making decisions!!

]]> By: Angela http://www.blisstree.com/articles/letting-them-go-119/comment-page-1/#comment-76675 Angela Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:01:09 +0000 http://www.wearyparent.com/letting-them-go/#comment-76675 You've done the best you can, now you get the joy (and the pain) of watching him do the best he can. This is probably not a consolation, but studies have revealed that our teens' values are more like our parents' values than we the parents' realize. Now in three years, when my 5th grader goes on her first 8th grade class trip, send me that same little comment. I'll probably be feeling the same way. You’ve done the best you can, now you get the joy (and the pain) of watching him do the best he can. This is probably not a consolation, but studies have revealed that our teens’ values are more like our parents’ values than we the parents’ realize.

Now in three years, when my 5th grader goes on her first 8th grade class trip, send me that same little comment. I’ll probably be feeling the same way.

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