(September 20, 2015 at 10:01 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I think that you may not know yourself as well, in that regard, as you think you do. You might do -anything- to keep your kids from harm. At least that's what we tell ourselves, and what a variety of strange stories we're never short of pan out about those of us who deeply love the spawn. Course, you could always lean on your partner when the will-to-do falters, which is pretty much how I ended up in the disciplining role.
I am joyously lacking in the parental partner area. Considering the abuse that my older 2 children and I suffered from my ex husband and the emotional damage that I still have to overcome on a daily basis, I don't think I could ever be comfortable handing over the reigns to anyone else.