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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 515633" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Hi I am glad you found our little piece of the internet but so sorry it had to be under such awful circumstances. We are a great group of people once you get to know us! </p><p></p><p>Detachment really is a lifelong journey with our adult kids. It sometimes helps to think about somewhat normal kids at 18 and 19 are out there in the world flying million dollar planes for the US Military and here our kids cant even manage to wash their own clothes. I dont think its a matter of they cant, its they dont want to take the responsibility. Of course they can for the most part. They just get in their own way. </p><p></p><p>We parents just have to realize the best thing we can do is be like the animal kingdom and kick the birdie out of the nest when it is old enough to fly. I know it sounds so incredibly mean but it isnt. We hold our kids back when we dont and their growth is stunted. </p><p></p><p>Right now I have a 55 year old man living in my house because he has never learned to fend for himself. He never married, did drugs most of his life, just ambled from here to there, and now once he has become completely homeless and has worn out his welcome at all his other siblings homes, he has landed here...the last sibling. I didnt want to take him in but my wishes were over ruled. No one wants that to be their adult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 515633, member: 1514"] Hi I am glad you found our little piece of the internet but so sorry it had to be under such awful circumstances. We are a great group of people once you get to know us! Detachment really is a lifelong journey with our adult kids. It sometimes helps to think about somewhat normal kids at 18 and 19 are out there in the world flying million dollar planes for the US Military and here our kids cant even manage to wash their own clothes. I dont think its a matter of they cant, its they dont want to take the responsibility. Of course they can for the most part. They just get in their own way. We parents just have to realize the best thing we can do is be like the animal kingdom and kick the birdie out of the nest when it is old enough to fly. I know it sounds so incredibly mean but it isnt. We hold our kids back when we dont and their growth is stunted. Right now I have a 55 year old man living in my house because he has never learned to fend for himself. He never married, did drugs most of his life, just ambled from here to there, and now once he has become completely homeless and has worn out his welcome at all his other siblings homes, he has landed here...the last sibling. I didnt want to take him in but my wishes were over ruled. No one wants that to be their adult child. [/QUOTE]
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