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Tough Love When Leonie wrote that she had been the tough little teenager and her mother might have been mean, but mother's solution was the only one that would work with her. Following her account are words sent in by Wanda Lynch and Arlene Correll. Thank you folks so very much.
Re: your reader, Rose, has a slight
problem. I know it is mean, but this is what my Mother did:
1) Knock on the door or the wall to
let me know my time was up.
2) Keep a timer in the bathroom,
so that 10 minutes is really ten minutes.
3) These two failed to work, so my
Mother did two things- she threw cold water over me in the shower, and
when that failed to elicit a response ( I was a tough little teen!),
she turned on the hot water tap elsewhere in the house so that I was
blasted with cold water until I came out, shivering.
Hope this helps.
Dominus tecum
Leonie
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I read the question the lady sent you and I don't think she would want my suggestions! The only other thing I can think of to tell her is to let her son take his shower first and maybe the teen girl will know what it's like not to have enough hot water! Jenni never would have gotten away with doing something that I had told her not to. I think her daughter is too spoiled! So you won't want to print my answers!! Wanda Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
In an answer to your question about
the 16 yr. old using all the hot water.
I do not feel that changing the
shower head or installing other apparatus is the answer. We
raised 5 kids and they knew that 3 mins. was the limit on the
telephone and 5 mins. was the limit in the shower. How did they know
that? Because we sat down and talked to them about that. Also,
if the 3 minutes on the phone did not end, they knew we would walk
by and click down the receiver. ( we made our living on the
telephone and we only had one line and it was not to be tied up)
How did they know about the 5 mins.
in the shower, because they knew that we would be paying attention
and if worse came to worse, either momma or poppa would go
downstairs and turn off the water to the whole house if necessary to
get our point across.
Maybe it might be tough, but tough
love is what it is all about.
We had a good laugh the other day
when I was complaining about Dad taking so long in the shower and
our 35 year old asked, " what happened to the 5 min.
shower?"
I seems to me the 16 year old is
being irresponsible, especially if her parents have sat down and
talked to her about it.
"Tread the Earth
Lightly", and in the meantime, may your day be filled with,
Peace, Light and Love,
Arlene
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