Dominyk's new obsession is Leon and Wilson and how they are ruining his life. I can tell you, this is NOT going well for me. I am not being a good parent.
Some days I feel guilty for having brought them into our mess. They are really great boys without issues, and they have been thrown into a difficult situation. They really don't do anything to provoke Dominyk and yet he won't stop yelling at me for how I always protect them and don't care about him, etc. etc. etc. The challenge is that the boys really aren't doing anything to him, and so I have to defend them when they are not in the wrong and he is accusing and attacking them.
This morning I didn't handle it well at all.
And I feel like a bad parent.
I sometimes wonder if it's fair to bring more kids into "our mess". I mean, what if they aren't already "messed up"? Then, I remind myself it's all part of being in a family.
ReplyDeleteAngela :-)
This happens at my house too with my middle child. My kids were adopted in reverse order of age: my youngest, then my middle, then my oldest.
ReplyDeleteI too feel guilt sometimes, not for the ones that came later, but for my little guy whose always seems to be the target of everyone's off-the-wall reactions (the target after me, of course, and sometimes the target because of me, instead of me).