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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 592309" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I am sending supportive and caring hugs your way. Although I have never been in your shoes I do wonder "Is it at all possible that difficult child#1 really does not care where he lives?" My limited experience in supervising foster children sometimes led me to believe that the "setting" didn't matter to them but the benefits of placement was paramount. In other words, if given a choice of living with "family" and having daily interaction with siblings or living elsewhere with more attention focused on them...some of the children (particularly adolescents) freely told me I don't care where I live but I want my own room, my own television etc. etc. It was primarily "I want" based and little, if any, thoughts of a family unit.</p><p></p><p>I don't mean to be a downer. You are trying so very hard to have a unified caring family. Sometimes, though, the difficult child's are not wired to see the advantages of your goal. They focus on what they want. Sigh. Hugs DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 592309, member: 35"] I am sending supportive and caring hugs your way. Although I have never been in your shoes I do wonder "Is it at all possible that difficult child#1 really does not care where he lives?" My limited experience in supervising foster children sometimes led me to believe that the "setting" didn't matter to them but the benefits of placement was paramount. In other words, if given a choice of living with "family" and having daily interaction with siblings or living elsewhere with more attention focused on them...some of the children (particularly adolescents) freely told me I don't care where I live but I want my own room, my own television etc. etc. It was primarily "I want" based and little, if any, thoughts of a family unit. I don't mean to be a downer. You are trying so very hard to have a unified caring family. Sometimes, though, the difficult child's are not wired to see the advantages of your goal. They focus on what they want. Sigh. Hugs DDD [/QUOTE]
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