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Post by LovelyJune on Dec 19, 2008 5:38:58 GMT -8
Imagine you have a daughter (or a son, if you're a man) and you are in charge of her and love her dearly. And one day you learn she has been dating a (mentally, emotionally or physically) abusive guy. He basically treats her like garbage. cheats on her. ignores her. only uses her for sex. You are this girl's mother and you have the power to influence her and possibly change the direction she's heading in. You can also make rules. Not so much about who she dates but about you will allow in your house.
Write a letter to your daughter trying to convince her that this guy is no good for her. Write down what you would say to her to help her get over him. Set rules (i.e. "I am the head of this household and I will not allow certain people to enter, and this guy is no longer permitted). Set conditions. Really talk to her to try and inspire her to change.
Post it here and then re-read it. Obviously you know where I am going with this....the letter you just wrote is for YOU. This can be an inner child thing, or just a letter to your real or imagined child. Have fun with it! I'll post mine soon!
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Post by asianaries on Dec 19, 2008 7:51:22 GMT -8
Wow, Telmita...I just did this a couple of weeks ago. I wrote a letter to my daughter that I never had and what my expectations are for her good and bad.
As I was writing this letter...I was really thinking a lot about myself and what kind of mother I would be and I would change certain things in my childhood so that my precious daughter wouldn't have to deal with the hell that I went through when I was a kid.
It was very therapeutic for me because it's like you are undoing underlying behaviors that is taught when you were younger and relearning everything again.
I had to write this letter part of my Grad school class and they ask us to write a letter to our children and surprisingly, I chose to write a letter to my daughter I never had. The ironic part is I always sense or wanted my first kid to be a boy...but when I was writing this letter...I was pretending that I was writing it to a precious little girl..who was vulnerable and have no control over her life and whom just needed unconditional love and guidance...AND that daughter of mine...I was practically talking about me.
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