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Thursday, 12 June 2025 - 10:52
My mum is a text book narc. Loads of childhood trauma, she passed on as a young mum to her children. My dad is a flying monkey/ enables the bevaiour sadly. We always say if she murdered someone, he would just grab a shovel & join her. Married for 57 years, nothing is going to change. Now they...
Monday, 12 May 2025 - 10:02
I’m after suggestions for my 14 yo daughter for consequences/discipline as I’m at my wits end! She stole $400 of her brothers money. We grounded her for a month- no phone/tv/laptop only for school work and she paid him back from her savings. We caught her many different times going into my room to...
Tuesday, 11 March 2025 - 10:31
I have grounded my daughter for 2 weeks, however she has her first netball match during that time. i have said she cant play as she is grounded and that is the consequence. Other people have said she is letting the team down. Do i let her play?
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Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Wed, 12/02/2014 - 14:41.
Separation anxiety is fairly normal occurrence and most children will experience this at some stage. And it's something they will eventually grow out of. My daughter suffered from it when she started prep so i've learnt some things along the way so I thought I would share them with you all. 1) Make sure tell them what is happening. Explain using direct language what will be happening try to do...
Submitted by Anon Imperfect Mum on Sat, 14/09/2013 - 19:10.
This is a FAQ post. These are the most popular answers to a real question asked on The Imperfect Mum. I’m needing advise on how to stop my 3.5 year old from swearing! She constantly swears when angry/frustrated or when she simply doesn’t get what she wants. I admit I’m guilty of dropping the F bomb on occasion. How do I make her understand these words are not appropriate or acceptable? Emma: We’...
Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 03:06.
I wonder when is it appropriate to turn the other cheek. Are we too busy with our own life that we either walk past or something we shouldn’t? The other morning I was driving my kids to school I noticed two boys in the car in front taunting another kid who was walking along beside their car (we were going very slow due to congestion). You could tell the boys in front were the “popular” boys. They...