Ha Ha!

Fooled you, Mom! As of last night, M was already back-pedaling and saying she wanted me to take her to school.

Some might say I'm being walked all over and give her too much power. Let's just say, I pick my battles. M has a very controlling tendencies. It's hard to say whether they are the result of being a coping mechanism for adoption issues (a very common issue we see in China adoptees) or just her personality. Probably a combination of both. There has been so many things in her life that she had no control over, that there is a primal need to be in control.

There are some things I don't bend on. Like the rule that she must wear underwear to school. (Gross, I know, but she very much prefers to go commando). When it was still shorts weather, she was wearing boxers, but now she has switched to boy's briefs. I also let her go to sleep in my bed every night and I move her. Mr Rx and I have tussled about that before, but if I let her go to sleep in my bed, she's asleep in a matter of seconds. If I force her to go to bed in her own room, she'll think of a million reasons why she can't sleep. I know it won't go on forever and it will be a funny story to tell her boyfriend.

So I took her to school this morning, gave her a hug and saw the look of anxiety on her face as I said goodbye. And I'll keep taking her.