Posted by Julie Jacob I am a Mom of four and have Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and I greatly admire you for your concern for your Mom. That is very admirable but you also need time for healthy teenage activities for yourself which will help you feel better. Also, once school starts is there a counselor or teacher you could talk to? Hang in there!
on 7/20/2002, 5:16 pm
My suggestion to you is that you talk to your Mom and make an agreement that you will help her with your little brother or whatever for a certain number of hours a week. While you are doing this she has to do something for herself, a bath, read rest or whatever as long as it's not work. In exchange, you get to spend a certain number of hours with your friends and activities that you need to have, too and this might have to include transportation to a friends house or a movie and maybe just having a friend spend the night.
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