Posted by Toph on April 21, 2005, at 17:12:19
In reply to Re: Child personality styles, posted by greenhornet on April 18, 2005, at 19:17:34
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> You say she is in college? Who is footing the tuition bill? When she is not in school, where does she live?We assist her with her tuition to help reduce her loans. She lives with us for now when not in school.
> If she lives with you and you are paying for her education, twenty-one or not, you as her parent have a right/ no a DUTY to know whst is going on. GH
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We give her advice and we set rules for our home, but I have no more right to her personal information than I would over my wife if I were the sole provider. I do, as you say, have leverage if I wanted to force information out of her. Thank God she respects us enough from the boundaries we have respected and the respect we have given her that this destructive approach is unnecessary.
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