I wonder if his affection is hindering his independence.
: My son is often referred to as a “mama’s boy” because of his affectionate gestures toward me, such as kissing my cheeks before school, seeking my opinion on his clothes and requesting I support him during his basketball games.Harriette Cole: I’m living a teen rom-com, and I don’t know how to deal with the mean girlsWhile I appreciate his closeness and love, I sometimes wonder if his attachment to me might hinder his independence and growth.
Teach him independence by assigning him duties that he has to figure out on his own. Let him fail at tasks so that he can learn from his mistakes.the concerned grandmother whose daughter and son-in-law adopted a baby from Japan: There are programs for teaching various ethnic groups or their loved ones the language and usually culture of origin. These classes are often weekend or after-school sessions — Hebrew school, Greek school, Chinese school, Japanese school, you name it.
Grandmother, good for you for thinking about your granddaughter’s ethnicity and wanting her to know her birth parents’ culture. Don’t let her be a gaijin in a Japanese body — please get her Japanese language lessons!Miss Manners: A stranger at the restaurant tried to use me to teach manners to her kids
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