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MomtoJGJ · 10-18-2011, 09:04 AM

I wouldn't say that "save this kind of battle" is necessarily an adversarial thing... There are many times I "pick my battles" with the kids. Some things are just what I would prefer, and others are life and death (or if nothing else very serious)... like I would imagine with a teen that shaving legs would be on my preference list while something like staying out until who knows when and drinking/drugs would be on my life and death rules list. In that case I would "pick my battle" and not fight them over something that was MY preference, but I would stand firm on something that could be potentially dangerous.

Like right now, with my little ones... It's not a battle I choose to fight to make sure they never do something stupid

in the yard (like climbing a flimsy looking tree) I will warn them that they could possibly get hurt, but that's it... but I will stand firm over them not jumping around in the living room right now because we just hung the tv on the wall over the fireplace and I'm not convinced it's going to stay there

....

Other than that, I don't know much about Dobson.... so

10-18-2011, 09:04 AM	#12
MomtoJGJ Deactivated Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 11,787	Re: Is Dobson better with older kids (tween & up)? I wouldn't say that "save this kind of battle" is necessarily an adversarial thing... There are many times I "pick my battles" with the kids. Some things are just what I would prefer, and others are life and death (or if nothing else very serious)... like I would imagine with a teen that shaving legs would be on my preference list while something like staying out until who knows when and drinking/drugs would be on my life and death rules list. In that case I would "pick my battle" and not fight them over something that was MY preference, but I would stand firm on something that could be potentially dangerous. Like right now, with my little ones... It's not a battle I choose to fight to make sure they never do something stupid in the yard (like climbing a flimsy looking tree) I will warn them that they could possibly get hurt, but that's it... but I will stand firm over them not jumping around in the living room right now because we just hung the tv on the wall over the fireplace and I'm not convinced it's going to stay there .... Other than that, I don't know much about Dobson.... so

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