I am a 43 year old father of a 12 year old Daughter.
I think I didn't make a turn in the road when I was suppose to when it comes to the subject of raising my daughter.I worked a schedule of 28 days on and 14 days off for about 11 years of her life. My ex wife and I have a fairly good relationship when it comes to co-parenting our daughter. She does most of the disiplining of her. He visitation time is very free and I usually take care of her the whole time I am in from work.
She is at the age of being very opinionated and she is very, very blunt in voicing them.
I think I spoiled her rotten and now I feel that she has no respect for me and I am looking at reversing what I have done.
I am assuming that in the parenting world, when you have another child, you treat and raise a baby differently as the are growing up. I am thinking that I went from babying her to babying her brother and didn't change the way I treated her. In leu of parenting and setting restrictions and limits to how she was growing up I feel I threw money at the whole thing. I know feel that maybe she doesnt
My 12 year old has an Iphone. She had her first phone when she was 6 years old. My 12 year old has a laptop computer. She gets everything she wants.
I need to reverse this. Do I take away the laptop and computer and say oppps my bad, I gave this to you too early. I just want her to be thankful that she has what she has.
I can go on and on about the direction my daugther is taking at this moment. But how do I reverse this over spoiling, getting there?? Where do I start at fixing this? Counsoling, Audio Programs, DVD's???
I know that one of you has had this experience
Any suggestions?
HELP!!!!!
