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<blockquote data-quote="zba189" data-source="post: 378800"><p>My difficult child is much younger (he's six) but a lot of what you're saying rings true with our situation as well. My difficult child is currently at the end of his first Residential Treatment Center (RTC) stay. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do as a parent and it still is. Couple that with becoming the topic of neighborhood gossip, questioning of my fitness as a parent by my mother in law, and self doubt and you have the running commentary in my mind. I have no idea how to raise a teenager, I'm not an expert on any of the issues that our difficult children. I have come to the conclusion that you can't go wrong with trying every avenue to get your difficult child help. My motto has become, come what be, I want to be able to look at the past and not wonder if I should have done this or if that would have made a difference. It's not like typical medicine where you go in and say, I hurt this leg and they put a cast on it and it's healed and gone in a certain amount of time. Nothing is going to be totally fixed but there are ways to maybe improve the situation. Looking at different avenues and weighing all your options is just going to give you more information about making the best decision for your difficult child and your family. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zba189, post: 378800"] My difficult child is much younger (he's six) but a lot of what you're saying rings true with our situation as well. My difficult child is currently at the end of his first Residential Treatment Center (RTC) stay. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do as a parent and it still is. Couple that with becoming the topic of neighborhood gossip, questioning of my fitness as a parent by my mother in law, and self doubt and you have the running commentary in my mind. I have no idea how to raise a teenager, I'm not an expert on any of the issues that our difficult children. I have come to the conclusion that you can't go wrong with trying every avenue to get your difficult child help. My motto has become, come what be, I want to be able to look at the past and not wonder if I should have done this or if that would have made a difference. It's not like typical medicine where you go in and say, I hurt this leg and they put a cast on it and it's healed and gone in a certain amount of time. Nothing is going to be totally fixed but there are ways to maybe improve the situation. Looking at different avenues and weighing all your options is just going to give you more information about making the best decision for your difficult child and your family. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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