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Angry.....difficult child and Fallout.....Venting
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<blockquote data-quote="HeadlightsMom" data-source="post: 635179" data-attributes="member: 18284"><p>P4 --- Yep, it sure can knock me on my butt, too! Our greatest joy has not been raising our son. There were many joyful moments, but also many painfully brutal moments with police, etc. Our greatest joy has been being grandparents to our difficult child's son. We never had a child below the age of 6 (difficult child adopted at age 6), so this is our first go-'round with kids younger. Our grandson is nearly 4 and such a joy! Interestingly, we have remained close with our difficult child's ex-girlfriend (very close -- what a gem she is!) and have, by extension over the last 5 years, grown very close to all of her large family. We are invited to play "honorary grandparents" most every week now as our grandson now has 3 cousins all younger than him. So our lives are filled with beautiful babies these days, and I am very thankful for that! </p><p></p><p>We love our difficult child deeply........it's just been such a long, hard haul.</p><p></p><p>P4 --- by the way, I notice you worked in Special Education, too. I so thoroughly enjoy it (most days, anyway!). I rarely leave work without being inspired and thankful. It's a good reminder now, while I write this........ Sometimes when working with non-verbal kids (as today was), I am reminded what their parents wouldn't give to hear just one sentence from their kids' mouths. Just one sentence.</p><p></p><p>And for that I am thankful.........Our difficult child is difficult, but when things are good he's a champion chatter!</p><p></p><p>P4 -- You make another good point about when our difficult child's only respond to a line being drawn in the sand. So, true. But, hey, maybe that line in the sand is actually EASIER for them? I know it's HARDER for us. But I guess if there's a chance it's EASIER for them, that helps me accept it more?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeadlightsMom, post: 635179, member: 18284"] P4 --- Yep, it sure can knock me on my butt, too! Our greatest joy has not been raising our son. There were many joyful moments, but also many painfully brutal moments with police, etc. Our greatest joy has been being grandparents to our difficult child's son. We never had a child below the age of 6 (difficult child adopted at age 6), so this is our first go-'round with kids younger. Our grandson is nearly 4 and such a joy! Interestingly, we have remained close with our difficult child's ex-girlfriend (very close -- what a gem she is!) and have, by extension over the last 5 years, grown very close to all of her large family. We are invited to play "honorary grandparents" most every week now as our grandson now has 3 cousins all younger than him. So our lives are filled with beautiful babies these days, and I am very thankful for that! We love our difficult child deeply........it's just been such a long, hard haul. P4 --- by the way, I notice you worked in Special Education, too. I so thoroughly enjoy it (most days, anyway!). I rarely leave work without being inspired and thankful. It's a good reminder now, while I write this........ Sometimes when working with non-verbal kids (as today was), I am reminded what their parents wouldn't give to hear just one sentence from their kids' mouths. Just one sentence. And for that I am thankful.........Our difficult child is difficult, but when things are good he's a champion chatter! P4 -- You make another good point about when our difficult child's only respond to a line being drawn in the sand. So, true. But, hey, maybe that line in the sand is actually EASIER for them? I know it's HARDER for us. But I guess if there's a chance it's EASIER for them, that helps me accept it more? [/QUOTE]
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