Kidcatraz » boundaries http://kidcatraz.com Kids and parenting Tue, 10 Jun 2014 04:48:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Te quiero mucho – WHAT!!!!! http://kidcatraz.com/2013/09/te-quiero-mucho http://kidcatraz.com/2013/09/te-quiero-mucho#comments Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:39:55 +0000 http://kidcatraz.com/?p=169 “Hooking up” – “We’re Together” – “Dating” – “Friend with Benefits” – “Talking” – “Hanging Out.” WHAT!!!!!!!! I asked my daughter if the guy she was seeing asked her to be his girlfriend. She said “Does anyone do that anymore? We’re together.” Is being “together” a synonym for exclusivity? What liberties or privileges accompany “hooking […]

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]]> language-of-love“Hooking up” – “We’re Together” – “Dating” – “Friend with Benefits” – “Talking” – “Hanging Out.” WHAT!!!!!!!! I asked my daughter if the guy she was seeing asked her to be his girlfriend. She said “Does anyone do that anymore? We’re together.” Is being “together” a synonym for exclusivity? What liberties or privileges accompany “hooking up?’ What do those terms mean?

It is crucial that we help our children translate this new “language of love” into something that clearly identifies the parameters and boundaries of the relationship.

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