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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 130061" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Let's see. At five, my daughter was basically considered incorrigible. At 12, almost everyone I knew told me to give her back to the State, that she'd never amount to anything good. At 16, she was in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC). At 18, she dropped out of high school. </p><p> </p><p>At 21, she's working, she's smiling, she's gradually making friends of her choosing rather than taking whatever comes her way. She's still living at home. She's still trying to find her way but the "incorrigible" child has become a remarkable young woman.</p><p> </p><p>So, don't take everything said to heart. If any concrete advice is given that makes sense to you, feels right to your mommy heart, take that advice and put it to good use. For the negative comments, a simple, "I'm sorry you feel that way." frequently says it all. Other times, it pays to get on your high horse and make them fight for your son. I once turned the tables on the teachers who were telling me what a rotten child my daughter was by agreeing with every word they said and adding to the list. All of a sudden, they were defending her. Towards the end, the principal caught that I was smiling and told me and the three teachers there that I had made my point -- she was a little girl who needed help, not all the negative comments.</p><p> </p><p>So, fight for him the best way you can. Ignore the schmucks as much as you can. There is tremendous hope for him. If my incorrigible child could overcome being labelled a liar, thief, good-for-nothing girl who was violent, never took responsibility for anything, felt (and still does) that the world owes her for a rotten start and so on, could turn into the charming young woman (albeit a total slob) she is today has to give all of us and our kids hope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 130061, member: 3626"] Let's see. At five, my daughter was basically considered incorrigible. At 12, almost everyone I knew told me to give her back to the State, that she'd never amount to anything good. At 16, she was in an Residential Treatment Center (RTC). At 18, she dropped out of high school. At 21, she's working, she's smiling, she's gradually making friends of her choosing rather than taking whatever comes her way. She's still living at home. She's still trying to find her way but the "incorrigible" child has become a remarkable young woman. So, don't take everything said to heart. If any concrete advice is given that makes sense to you, feels right to your mommy heart, take that advice and put it to good use. For the negative comments, a simple, "I'm sorry you feel that way." frequently says it all. Other times, it pays to get on your high horse and make them fight for your son. I once turned the tables on the teachers who were telling me what a rotten child my daughter was by agreeing with every word they said and adding to the list. All of a sudden, they were defending her. Towards the end, the principal caught that I was smiling and told me and the three teachers there that I had made my point -- she was a little girl who needed help, not all the negative comments. So, fight for him the best way you can. Ignore the schmucks as much as you can. There is tremendous hope for him. If my incorrigible child could overcome being labelled a liar, thief, good-for-nothing girl who was violent, never took responsibility for anything, felt (and still does) that the world owes her for a rotten start and so on, could turn into the charming young woman (albeit a total slob) she is today has to give all of us and our kids hope. [/QUOTE]
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