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Does your kid never return texts? (lemmy.world)
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Assuming they're old enough to have a phone, obviously.

I have to send my daughter reminders to do things all the time because she's extremely forgetful. She's not annoyed by that, she's asked me to do it. And whenever I send her one, I get a read receipt and no reply. And I've told her a bunch of times that it's rude to not reply to texts like that, but she keeps doing it.

It's driving me crazy. She's a good kid, but why doesn't she return texts?!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Tbh, you're reminding me a lot of my own mother who would demand similar, polite acknowledgement every time she spoke to me, even if it didn't make sense in the moment. But for her, it was more about control than anything else.

I'm not saying that's what you're doing, but that could be how it's making your daughter feel. Maybe check in with her about that? So there's no growing resentment or anything. Wish you both the best!