Kelleyanne Conway to leave Whitehouse at end of month

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  1. struth

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    Sounds like a family issue. She’s obviously pretty confident the campaign. does not need her.
     
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    Thank you, very thoughtful post.

    We don't know what happened but we can assume it was not serious enough to require any kind of medical attention. Short of that, how do we deal with kids that would happily act out if they do not get their way? Kids who resent being simply competently parented?

    EDIT: Some of my own thoughts. As kids enter the 7th grade, biologically, they are ready to start their own lives. We need to reshape how we ready such kids for the working world. Rather than institutionalize them (public school) into their early to mid 20s, get them into their first jobs with paths towards professional credentials. Help them get into housing for the young with mass transit to their jobs. Online learning. Etc. Then their home life becomes irrelevant. They are living young adult lives.
     
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    If she thought Trump was headed for re-election, she would never have left the ship.
     
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    sure she would for her daughter. If she was worried she’d stay but she obviously feels very comfortable
     
  5. Arkanis

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    Very comfortable seeing his family life destroyed by Trump, who insults the father of his children on Twitter?

    His daughter Claudia applied for emancipation because she was no longer able to bear the fact that her mother works for Trump.

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    trump is to blame for her daughter’s behavior?

    she is comfortable leaving because the re-election. is a lock at this point...moreover she doesn’t trust her bitter husband to act like a parent so she’s obviously got to come back to the house having to be the breadwinner when her husband couldn’t get a job in the admin has clearly driven a wedge
     
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    Trump has repeatedly insulted his father on Twitter in front of tens of millions of people.

    What planet do you live on?

    Claudia is in revolt against her mother. Exclusively.

    She supports her father 100%.
     
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    when?

    this one kelly is quite comfortable going home to fix the wreak of a spoiled brat
     
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    Both her mother, and her father, are leaving their high-profile jobs to focus on their daughter's behavioral issues.

    TDS is a debilitating mental illness, and it needs to be taken seriously.
     
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    I didn't see anything in the article about her daughter "acting out". I did see where Kellyanne said the pandemic had alot to do with it.
     
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    It is solely up to the family and we should support whatever their decisions about their families. It sounds like they have an out of control child who needs more of both their attention.
     
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    I've always thought that family should always come first; It's probably a good decision on the part of her and her husband.
     
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    If she feels it is the right thing to do, then it is the right thing to do. COVID has a lot of people rethinking their present and future.
     
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    Check the kid's social media history, and you'll see plenty of acting out.
     
  15. struth

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    look at her father’s bitter history since he couldn’t get a job in the trump admin

    she gets it honest
     
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    No, but it's not that important to me either...

    It's just a fascinating situation, you have to admit that.. Once George came out full bore against Trump @ 2018, I don't think there's a more fascinating personal situation in Washington, and that's before you throw in their kid and her deal...

    But if they both want to put family first, I'm certainly OK with that. But I will point out George is a lot more capable of doing Lincoln Project stuff from home than KAC is doing WH stuff..
     
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    I hope everything works out and KellyAnne and her husband can help the daughter get grounded. It might be too late...15 years old and feeling the power of a media that would give you a heady 15 minutes of fame is hard for any parent to control.....I wish them the best.
     
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    Hey, if she doesn't join the campaign, she is very qualified for other future plans. She can put on her resume, "accomplished liar." I'm sure that there are businesses out there in need of a liar who can lie at will with a straight face.
     
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    What is "TDS"?
     
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    Obviously, if she doesn't do the EXPECTED (and join the Campaign) she has a career waiting at Faux News.
     
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    Cudos to them for doing whats best for their family.
    But KellyAnn, doesn't get a pass just because she is doing right be HER family. What she did to other family's is unconscionable and she should still be held accountable for those things
     
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    Sure. Same to you.

    This isn't necessarily the case. I was a child abuse advocate and saw many cases in which medical care should have happened. Naturally, with minors, it's easy to avoid that completely and many abusers rely on that to cover their crimes. Again, I'm not saying that is what happened here. I'm just trying to point out that the absence of a medical history is not indicative of there being no abuse history.

    I strongly believe that part of the problem is we, as a society, want to believe in fairy tales. Well, every story doesn't have a happy ending and pretending that ALL do has set us up to believe that anything short of 100% unbridled joy 24/7 is somehow "defective." I believe this is why people rush to doctors for "nerve pills" and many people have become completely apathetic and self-absorbed. They just don't know how to handle real life problems and are chasing some fantasy life in which everything is perfect.

    With that said, there are *some* minors that act out and resent their parents for competently parenting. Childhood is a time in which children should be supervised and taught how to face problems in a safe and nurturing environment. That's the reason humans live with their parents/guardians until they are old enough to venture out into the world. It's okay to allow them some room to grow without giving carte blanche to do anything they want to do. It becomes constrictive when they are not allowed to self-actualize, but are forced into roles for which they do not have the emotional maturity to handle. This can look different for each offspring in a family and good parents are tolerant of those differences and difference of opinions.

    That sounds like a good idea. I have found that many times it's not the child/teen that can't "let" go. It's the parents being unwilling to let go. I have met mature pre-teens and immature people in their 20s and 30s and beyond. I have met adults that have no idea how to use a washer and dryer. Why? Why are people unleashing their adult children into a free society with absolutely no ability to be self-sufficient? Why are people letting their 30s, 40s, sometimes 50s kids live in their home? Being a parent is not for the weak. It takes considerable strength to be responsible for another human being, but that's the job we all take on when we choose to bring a child/ren into the world.

    I hope, for the sake of this family, that they are able to regroup and focus on what is important for their daughter and family unit. That may not *look* the way we think it should but it's also not fair that their family problems are being plastered all over the media. I have always maintained that it's wrong to discuss the children of celebrities because they never signed up for the fame. I stand by that and only felt compelled to post on this topic because others are passing judgment on a situation that noone can know except the people directly involved. If nothing else, this family deserves and NEEDS to have their privacy respected as they deal with trying to heal, as a family and for everyone involved.

    P.S. Thank you for the service you've done for children. They grow up and it's always helpful to have an adult along the way that cares enough to get involved and make a difference.
     
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    Good riddance, but I hope this helps her family relationships. I assume dedicating less of her life to constant lies and deflection will be good for her psyche.
     
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    I would venture a guess that it's more common than we might think. I'm sure that both of them will find a way to continue their work in different arenas as they work on healing their family. Whatever the choose, I wish them all well.
     
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    Your debating with someone who thinks Trump has a "lock" on re-election ;)
     

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