Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-35319541-20180512052340/@comment-35319541-20180512155911

Mimijpa, it is hard to find a common ground with our kids, but as parents, I feel we must try even harder to try to take an interest in what they are saying and doing. My son always wanted me to watch him play one of his war games, and he was great at it, but all the moving and flashing on the screen aggrevatied my vertigo, which was something he did not understand, needless to say, I sometimes sat with him, giving him words of encouragement and hoping he did not notice that my eyes were actually closed most of the time to keep from throwing up with dizziness. AAAHHH the things we do as mothers. The most important is that you realize and try to do better at showing an interest in her communication. I am not the greatest mom in the world, but if it is possible, try having a mother daughter time alone with her, go out to eat, shop, or just sit a room and turn your ears on her, remember what it was like to be her age and the difficulties you had, that worked well for me and the my kids. My mom insisted on a 4 day spring cleaning of the entire house, how I hated that out of 5 kids it was always me who got stuck helping, now looking back I cherish those times because they were one of the few that I got Mom all to myself!