Now, this is not necessarily a shocking or unusual thing for a child to do. I suppose it happens, kids saying things to their parents that are harsh and hurtful and that they don’t mean. But, I am quite shocked by this mother’s reaction to it.
First, she says that in retrospect she realizes that what the nine year old puts on her body is none of her business. She says the child dresses herself and that as her mother she shouldn’t have tried to get her to wear long pants.
Then she says, “I’m proud my child can express herself through language, glad that she feels safe enough at home to vent her emotions.”
Welcome to parenting upside down, the backwards world of parenting a child in 2018.