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<blockquote data-quote="graceupongrace" data-source="post: 274824" data-attributes="member: 7371"><p>Hi, Wes.</p><p></p><p>I'm new here too, but I've already received much support, encouragement and wisdom. You'll be glad you came. After many years of living with difficult child's struggles, I've found that family and friends are not always helpful in this area. They can't be empathetic because they don't see the day-in, day-out challenges. They don't see our gestures of love thrown back in our faces by angry difficult children. They don't see our attempts to discipline and teach and guide; they just see our difficult children' failure to comply. The parents here are on the same journey, so they "get it." They have felt the same pain and the same joy over small things that others take for granted, like one peaceful evening. </p><p></p><p>There are times when we don't like our difficult children because they behave in a very unlikeable way. That doesn't mean we love them any less. And our kids know that, despite what they say to us. In fact, my difficult child, in an extremely rare moment of self-awareness, once admitted that he unloads everything on me simply because he knows that I am the person who will love him no matter what. But again, this community seems to be the one place where it's OK to share feelings that other parents wouldn't understand.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graceupongrace, post: 274824, member: 7371"] Hi, Wes. I'm new here too, but I've already received much support, encouragement and wisdom. You'll be glad you came. After many years of living with difficult child's struggles, I've found that family and friends are not always helpful in this area. They can't be empathetic because they don't see the day-in, day-out challenges. They don't see our gestures of love thrown back in our faces by angry difficult children. They don't see our attempts to discipline and teach and guide; they just see our difficult children' failure to comply. The parents here are on the same journey, so they "get it." They have felt the same pain and the same joy over small things that others take for granted, like one peaceful evening. There are times when we don't like our difficult children because they behave in a very unlikeable way. That doesn't mean we love them any less. And our kids know that, despite what they say to us. In fact, my difficult child, in an extremely rare moment of self-awareness, once admitted that he unloads everything on me simply because he knows that I am the person who will love him no matter what. But again, this community seems to be the one place where it's OK to share feelings that other parents wouldn't understand. Hugs to you! [/QUOTE]
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