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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 237030" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>Thanks, Suz. I find I get mushy thinking after things have been fairly peaceful for awhile and my hopes are up regarding future possibilities for difficult child, and then when something ugly happens I'm not as firm as I should be. You're right, now that I've said I'll call the PO re future threats or violent talk, I must and will do it. I'm coming to the sad conclusion that difficult child will only respect someone who pushes back much harder than he does. He'll hate them but he'll respect them. </p><p></p><p>I know the advice given to abused women re verbal violence and intimidation, cycles of escalation, etc. It can go on between any two adults, not just husband and wife. I know that this will escalate, as you say, if I blink.</p><p></p><p>Where do these personalities come from? easy child 3 says 'These people come from somewhere, Mom. We happen to have one in our family.' How can a kid grow up with three sibs who all have consciences and empathy, and have neither? The only creature he appears to really love is our dog Molly. He cried when we thought we might have to put her down, but since then he hasn't taken her outside once or spent time patting or massaging her. Unlike daughter who takes Molly out in her bare feet (daughter's) in the snow, if Molly is anxious to go!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 237030, member: 2884"] Thanks, Suz. I find I get mushy thinking after things have been fairly peaceful for awhile and my hopes are up regarding future possibilities for difficult child, and then when something ugly happens I'm not as firm as I should be. You're right, now that I've said I'll call the PO re future threats or violent talk, I must and will do it. I'm coming to the sad conclusion that difficult child will only respect someone who pushes back much harder than he does. He'll hate them but he'll respect them. I know the advice given to abused women re verbal violence and intimidation, cycles of escalation, etc. It can go on between any two adults, not just husband and wife. I know that this will escalate, as you say, if I blink. Where do these personalities come from? easy child 3 says 'These people come from somewhere, Mom. We happen to have one in our family.' How can a kid grow up with three sibs who all have consciences and empathy, and have neither? The only creature he appears to really love is our dog Molly. He cried when we thought we might have to put her down, but since then he hasn't taken her outside once or spent time patting or massaging her. Unlike daughter who takes Molly out in her bare feet (daughter's) in the snow, if Molly is anxious to go! [/QUOTE]
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