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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 45157" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>This is very common. I'm convinced the fact that most moms are more in tune with their children combined with the fact that most dads have an advanced case of Gene Pool Pride almost guarantees you won't be on the same page.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion is to let the doctors do the talking. Don't *you* make up the list of equipment--let an Occupational Therapist (OT) do it and put it into a written report. And on the homefront keep quiet while you are doing your homework, making discoveries, putting the pieces together, and setting up the necessary appointments. I tried to include my husband as have many here, and for those who are resistive, in denial, or uninterested, sometimes it's just best to find others to be your sounding board.</p><p></p><p>There were two things that made my husband stop and listen. The first was when the princples in The Explosive Child that I'd been using starting working. Before it was just talk or words in the book or something I'd heard from someone on the internet, but when he saw tangible improvement, that made a difference. The other time was when the doctor brought up his family history and the likelihood that difficult child's issues originated there. I'm not saying he accepted it, but he did listen when in the past he'd totally waved me off ("Don't bother checking with my family--there's nothing like that there").</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 45157, member: 701"] This is very common. I'm convinced the fact that most moms are more in tune with their children combined with the fact that most dads have an advanced case of Gene Pool Pride almost guarantees you won't be on the same page. My suggestion is to let the doctors do the talking. Don't *you* make up the list of equipment--let an Occupational Therapist (OT) do it and put it into a written report. And on the homefront keep quiet while you are doing your homework, making discoveries, putting the pieces together, and setting up the necessary appointments. I tried to include my husband as have many here, and for those who are resistive, in denial, or uninterested, sometimes it's just best to find others to be your sounding board. There were two things that made my husband stop and listen. The first was when the princples in The Explosive Child that I'd been using starting working. Before it was just talk or words in the book or something I'd heard from someone on the internet, but when he saw tangible improvement, that made a difference. The other time was when the doctor brought up his family history and the likelihood that difficult child's issues originated there. I'm not saying he accepted it, but he did listen when in the past he'd totally waved me off ("Don't bother checking with my family--there's nothing like that there"). [/QUOTE]
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