ext_104656 ([identity profile] starphire.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] moominmolly 2006-04-01 10:18 pm (UTC)

Wow. Glad N's all right.
That link certainly brings back memories. See, that letter was published just around the time K's mom and I were starting to diverge on the way forward for a continuum-raised child, just as she was getting to an appropriate point in her development. For me, it was an affirmation of the changes I had been making already. I showed it to B and she said it didn't matter, it was too late for her to change anything about the way she was interacting with K, and that furthermore it was all my fault for making her too child-centric in the first place. She ignored the letter, and kept on as before. The two of them got into willful struggles more frequently, while K and I were getting along better than ever.
It was weird, as B complained frequently about how 'difficult' K was with her, but was completely closed to the idea that she could do anything differently to make it better. Very frustrating for me (and K). Of course we all survived. But I do feel overall it was more difficult than it needed to be.

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