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Originally posted by livi
Finally I feel confident I will have the opportunity to be a great dad. I am buying a rather big house on the beach that me and my children are looking forward to decorate exactly how we want it. Its not going to be a museum with every little thing in its place, where the kids are not aloud to play and make a mess (like at there mothers). It will be a house like Villa Villekulla (Pippi Longstockings house by Astrid Lindgren).
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Congrats livi.
Just remember, you still are the parent. Your role is to be a parent, and not their friend (that comes in their 20s, provided you were good at parenting when they were children. It seems those parents who want to be friends with their kids when they're kids never remain friends in adulthood....more like dysfunctional, disrespectful behavior amongst both.....)
So while I understand you wanting to loosen up a bit, remember there are still limits (the purpose of these limits is to prepare them for adulthood when you are no longer around to protect them) and that it is your job to enforce them.
Not that you won't....just wanted to throw that out there
