Disappointment doesn't even scratch the surface
DEAR KIN....
I believe that you shouldn't let a child roam around and do as he pleases all the time. A child should be loved yet taught between what is right and right on a basic level for his age.I believe a parent should be a parent; regardless of how busy you are with your job, you should ALWAYS devote a few hours of your time to understand and KNOW your child. Don't just assume right away that you know what is going on.
Telling the child not to hit other kids, not to bother his mother when she is working, and so forth is expected. As a parent, one should not take him away, shelter him then get all frustrated once the child is too "wild" for you to handle. Doing such will leave the child with under the impression that he is able to do anything he pleases, and he does, even in the public eye. He believes that whatever he does wrong it won't amount to much because, in the end, he'll always be right.
It's getting harder to care for him if one should turned a blind eye to his malevolent actions...I don't care about being repay with gifts of gratitude. I don't want gifts. I don't want your money. I don't want your fake smiles of gratitude. I just want to do what I believe is right. I don't want you to cast negative impressions of me just because I want to help you; to help your child. Is my love for your child so shallow, so cheap in your eyes?
All this time - I have watched your children grow, helped with all that I am capable of - and you want to consider having THEM babysit him for next year?!
Oh, dear kin, have you forgotten their negligence lead him to be hooked on drinking from a sipping cup for years? That he wouldn't even respond even if we stood in front of his face and called his name? That he had no idea that someone was talking to him? Have you even forgotten how he didn't even understand that you have to chew your food before swallowing?
YOU ARE PLANNING TO CONSIDER LETTING THEM BABYSIT HIM? I am sorry but your plan of actions demean me. You've known me all these years and your trust in me only amounts to this much.
I don't want your pity. I don't even want your apology. And most importantly, don't belittle me. Doing so would just makes those years I have spent seem so trivial. I won't let you do that.
If you still want to start that parenting site, I suggest that you freeze, think, and evaluate your own principles as a parent first.
I'm sorry, but I am SO MAD at you. I have never been this disappointed in you before. Nothing you can say can change things back to the way they used to be. You've already taken a token of my being and left it to rot. I won't let you do it to me anymore...
I don't know. Maybe I am stupid for getting all upset over this....*sigh* am I?