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<blockquote data-quote="graceupongrace" data-source="post: 371359" data-attributes="member: 7371"><p>I agree with so many of you that it is difficult to maintain friendships in real life. Many people with PCs take disproportionate credit for their kids' accomplishments, and so are quick to assume that if our kids have problems, our parenting skills are defective. (This line of thinking makes my therapist absolutely livid, by the way!) I can't tell you how many times I've told so-called friends about difficult child's antics and they've said, "Don't you think you need to tell him he can't do that?!" or "He needs to learn that he can't behave that way." As if it never occurred to me to try to correct his behavior. Ugh! Don't ask me why they don't look at easy child and say, "Great job!" </p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that our struggles make people uncomfortable. And people who haven't experienced the pain of raising a difficult child generally don't have much empathy for what we go through day-to-day.</p><p></p><p>I am grateful that this board is here for people who "get it." I don't post much about difficult child, but I know that I can come here and feel that I'm a small part of a group of people who understand and care. And I care about all of you, even though I don't always verbalize those feelings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graceupongrace, post: 371359, member: 7371"] I agree with so many of you that it is difficult to maintain friendships in real life. Many people with PCs take disproportionate credit for their kids' accomplishments, and so are quick to assume that if our kids have problems, our parenting skills are defective. (This line of thinking makes my therapist absolutely livid, by the way!) I can't tell you how many times I've told so-called friends about difficult child's antics and they've said, "Don't you think you need to tell him he can't do that?!" or "He needs to learn that he can't behave that way." As if it never occurred to me to try to correct his behavior. Ugh! Don't ask me why they don't look at easy child and say, "Great job!" The bottom line is that our struggles make people uncomfortable. And people who haven't experienced the pain of raising a difficult child generally don't have much empathy for what we go through day-to-day. I am grateful that this board is here for people who "get it." I don't post much about difficult child, but I know that I can come here and feel that I'm a small part of a group of people who understand and care. And I care about all of you, even though I don't always verbalize those feelings. [/QUOTE]
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