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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 390561" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I asked my teen daughter, who is most certainly a easy child with very few even typical teen behaviors, how she would feel if she was in a group home setting and then learned that her very involved parent had a wife and potentially another entire family that she didn't know existed. She thought she would feel betrayed, hurt, angry and very much excluded. She said she might even feel she was "thrown away" by her parent. </p><p> </p><p>I can only imagine that a difficult child would feel these things FAR more intensely because difficult children tend to be incredibly intense about their feelings, esp if it is something that hurts them or is "done to them".</p><p> </p><p>I asked her how she would feel in your shoes, loveable, and she said that no way would she continue the relationship no matter how great it was. She would not feel the man could be open and honest with her, or trust him to be a good father to her children. His son in the group home would likely always come first and would take away from the other kids in a way that would be unhealthy.</p><p> </p><p>in my opinion your relationship is NOT one that you should continue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 390561, member: 1233"] I asked my teen daughter, who is most certainly a easy child with very few even typical teen behaviors, how she would feel if she was in a group home setting and then learned that her very involved parent had a wife and potentially another entire family that she didn't know existed. She thought she would feel betrayed, hurt, angry and very much excluded. She said she might even feel she was "thrown away" by her parent. I can only imagine that a difficult child would feel these things FAR more intensely because difficult children tend to be incredibly intense about their feelings, esp if it is something that hurts them or is "done to them". I asked her how she would feel in your shoes, loveable, and she said that no way would she continue the relationship no matter how great it was. She would not feel the man could be open and honest with her, or trust him to be a good father to her children. His son in the group home would likely always come first and would take away from the other kids in a way that would be unhealthy. in my opinion your relationship is NOT one that you should continue. [/QUOTE]
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