I recently found you on Sirius and if I had listened to you years ago it would have saved my son's life - literally! When you get women who do not want to let their kids grow up, please feel free to use me as an example of what can happen.
I chose poorly and got pregnant at 15. I was abused and beaten badly so I got my babies out and raised them as a single working mom. They knew I loved them, no doubt about that. They knew I was a mother bear and would eat anything alive to protect them - to the point of bringing everything to me to fix - forever. My son committed suicide in my home at the age of 33 in March 2014. He was unmarried, childless, jobless and severely depressed that he did not have any of those things. I never let him learn to stand on his own when he was young. If he had learned those lessons he would have made different choices in his life, instead of knowing Mom would pick up the pieces every time. Make no mistake, I know it was his choice to kill himself however I also know it's my fault for not giving him the tools to be a man! Truth is, I didn't know how to raise a man as I am a woman.
My daughter, only slightly better, was strong enough at the age of 18 to get away from her abusive boyfriend. But then was attacked by a stranger and left for dead with severe brain injury to her frontal and temporal lobes. She will probably always live with me now because her decision making is a crap shoot! We tried her living on her own, only for her to get involved in drugs and pregnant in less than 3 months. Now she is clean and sober and I have a 7-month-old grandson living with me. I am using all your advice for raising the grand baby. My daughter listens to me, completely! She bonded to me after the head injury as usually happens. So even though she is raising him, I am raising him as well, through her with your help.
Please don't stop your show for years to come. Some of us are just learning how to raise kids properly.
Michelle
