Setting Boundaries For Your Child
March 20, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Parenting
My son is reaching that age of pre-teen, which of course means he is wanting to do those things that I’m simply not ready for. Honestly, he’s probably been at the age for a while but for me it is hard. Yes, I’m one of “those” moms, the protective type.
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Today we got the older two new bikes, yes they had old bikes but to be honest we think they were too big for them. We’ve lived here a year and hadn’t updated the bikes and they’ve been gathering dust and rust. Now BalletGirl’s ( age 8 ) bike was passed down to her younger sister but she still needed a new one. Bringing home the bikes also got the question of do we allow him to hang out with his friends and if so what are the limits. We live on a cul-de-sac and on one side is a busy highway, the other is less traffic but still pretty busy. So we’ll have to judge that depending on whom he is wanting to hang with.
How did you determine limits for your children when they wanted to venture away from home? What restricitions and rules did you set up, I know I’m not the only parent like this. Thank you in advance.
