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<blockquote data-quote="Suz" data-source="post: 115663" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>To me, emotions don't demonstrate love....action does. Or NON-action.</p><p></p><p>Emotions are easy to fake. We watch our kids fake emotion all the time with their crocodile tears.</p><p></p><p>Or they tell us they love us and then turn around and do hateful things.</p><p></p><p>And emotions are misleading...when WE are highly charged they can lead US in the wrong direction, too.</p><p></p><p>By the time your child is 24, to me, you show your love by allowing your child the blessing of learning lessons, sometimes the hard way. You show your love by stepping back and letting your child go through the entire experience of his/her consequences. It is only through this kind of adversity that most of us learn. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You will know when he is ready for help when he is ready to HELP HIMSELF.</p><p></p><p>You will know when he is ready for help and really means it when HE makes the calls to the lawyers or rehab or psychiatrist or AA group. Or when HE goes to meetings without anyone even suggesting it.</p><p></p><p>You will know he means it when he won't be diverted from his goal of making a better life for himself...when he stops hanging around bad influences, when he stops making bad choices, when he stops blaming others for his problems, and when he starts working towards positive goals.</p><p></p><p>Suz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suz, post: 115663, member: 29"] To me, emotions don't demonstrate love....action does. Or NON-action. Emotions are easy to fake. We watch our kids fake emotion all the time with their crocodile tears. Or they tell us they love us and then turn around and do hateful things. And emotions are misleading...when WE are highly charged they can lead US in the wrong direction, too. By the time your child is 24, to me, you show your love by allowing your child the blessing of learning lessons, sometimes the hard way. You show your love by stepping back and letting your child go through the entire experience of his/her consequences. It is only through this kind of adversity that most of us learn. You will know when he is ready for help when he is ready to HELP HIMSELF. You will know when he is ready for help and really means it when HE makes the calls to the lawyers or rehab or psychiatrist or AA group. Or when HE goes to meetings without anyone even suggesting it. You will know he means it when he won't be diverted from his goal of making a better life for himself...when he stops hanging around bad influences, when he stops making bad choices, when he stops blaming others for his problems, and when he starts working towards positive goals. Suz [/QUOTE]
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