Thank you. You can always write about yourself. Somehow it helps to hear how other people are going through similar problems, as much as I wish that you weren't.
Later in the week he called and said he wanted to see her that next weekend, but the damage was already done. Sophia was so angry at that point that she wouldn't even speak to him, and I told him that it wasn't a good idea and that she needed time and space. I tried to explain to him why she was so upset, and he still kept fixating on all the ways he thought she was misbehaving and how she shouldn't be. He can't seem to understand that that isn't the issue and that kids do misbehave and he needs to be a parent and just deal with it better.
He reminds me so much of my own father when I was growing up, and I can already see that Sophia's relationship with him will probably end up like mine is with my dad. I always felt judged by him and never felt like I could be myself, and so I grew up feeling emotionally detached. I think it's a real shame and a waste, and Phil's not even going to understand why it ends up that way with Sophia.
Later in the week he called and said he wanted to see her that next weekend, but the damage was already done. Sophia was so angry at that point that she wouldn't even speak to him, and I told him that it wasn't a good idea and that she needed time and space. I tried to explain to him why she was so upset, and he still kept fixating on all the ways he thought she was misbehaving and how she shouldn't be. He can't seem to understand that that isn't the issue and that kids do misbehave and he needs to be a parent and just deal with it better.
He reminds me so much of my own father when I was growing up, and I can already see that Sophia's relationship with him will probably end up like mine is with my dad. I always felt judged by him and never felt like I could be myself, and so I grew up feeling emotionally detached. I think it's a real shame and a waste, and Phil's not even going to understand why it ends up that way with Sophia.
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