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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 559683" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi Sara,</p><p>welcome.</p><p>So sorry so many of us haven't been here to greet you; some of us are on the E. coast and recovering from Sandy. And Halloween. Kinda the same thing ...</p><p></p><p>Do you have a diagnosis for either of your kids?</p><p></p><p>One word of advice, just based on the little you have told us, I would NOT tiptoe around your 17-yr-old. She is manipulating by exploding. My thinking is, if my difficult child is going to hate me and blame me no matter what, I may as well do the right thing. Period. So we have had a LOT of explosions but in the end, I usually get him to do what I want. So take a deep breath and pretend you are a warrior. Our therapist, and the people on this board, call it Happy Warrior (still not sure about the happy part!). IOW, be prepared to do battle as a strong, capable person, but not vindictive or angry. It is very, very, very hard and takes practice.</p><p></p><p>Many hugs. (P.S. you can tell your little one that Mom is going to do battle with-older sister and just to go plug her ears and read a book.)</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/warrior.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":warrior:" title="warrior :warrior:" data-shortname=":warrior:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 559683, member: 3419"] Hi Sara, welcome. So sorry so many of us haven't been here to greet you; some of us are on the E. coast and recovering from Sandy. And Halloween. Kinda the same thing ... Do you have a diagnosis for either of your kids? One word of advice, just based on the little you have told us, I would NOT tiptoe around your 17-yr-old. She is manipulating by exploding. My thinking is, if my difficult child is going to hate me and blame me no matter what, I may as well do the right thing. Period. So we have had a LOT of explosions but in the end, I usually get him to do what I want. So take a deep breath and pretend you are a warrior. Our therapist, and the people on this board, call it Happy Warrior (still not sure about the happy part!). IOW, be prepared to do battle as a strong, capable person, but not vindictive or angry. It is very, very, very hard and takes practice. Many hugs. (P.S. you can tell your little one that Mom is going to do battle with-older sister and just to go plug her ears and read a book.) :warrior: [/QUOTE]
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