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How do you handle clueless questions about your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bean" data-source="post: 374415" data-attributes="member: 8620"><p>Sometimes I just want to answer with the truth. "Mmm.. not good. Daugther's been in tx, jail, tx, half-way houses, counseling, self-medicating. Still hasn't finished that GED. Or gotten a job and held it for more than a month. Yeah, she's basically doing NOTHING but sitting around our house being abusive and self-centered and I'm close to jumping in front of the next metro."</p><p></p><p>And how are you?</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But I don't. Usually. There's some people that I know, who know. It's hard to keep secrets. They don't know the gritty details, but kids talk, and a lot of them knew my daugther was in jail and gangs, and probably knew things that I didn't know. So depending on who is asking, I am a bit more detailed. If it's just someone asking in passing, I say, <em>No, no job yet -- still contemplating school</em>. And then the cliche remarks about teenagers and their indecisiveness can ensue, yadda yadda. If it is a parent whose kid went to the same school I might be a bit more detailed. If it is a close(r) friend, I might be even more detailed. But, bottom line, nobody but God knows the true depths of my pain and struggles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bean, post: 374415, member: 8620"] Sometimes I just want to answer with the truth. "Mmm.. not good. Daugther's been in tx, jail, tx, half-way houses, counseling, self-medicating. Still hasn't finished that GED. Or gotten a job and held it for more than a month. Yeah, she's basically doing NOTHING but sitting around our house being abusive and self-centered and I'm close to jumping in front of the next metro." And how are you? :) But I don't. Usually. There's some people that I know, who know. It's hard to keep secrets. They don't know the gritty details, but kids talk, and a lot of them knew my daugther was in jail and gangs, and probably knew things that I didn't know. So depending on who is asking, I am a bit more detailed. If it's just someone asking in passing, I say, [I]No, no job yet -- still contemplating school[/I]. And then the cliche remarks about teenagers and their indecisiveness can ensue, yadda yadda. If it is a parent whose kid went to the same school I might be a bit more detailed. If it is a close(r) friend, I might be even more detailed. But, bottom line, nobody but God knows the true depths of my pain and struggles. [/QUOTE]
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