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<blockquote data-quote="loricbme" data-source="post: 68263" data-attributes="member: 2036"><p>I feel for you and can completely relate. I made a friend through difficult child's preschool 2 years ago and by the end of the school year my friend said, "sometimes kids can't be friends even though their parents are friends." I knew what she meant and I've barely spoke with her since. It wasn't because I was offended or anything, I think with the year ending and because our kids were going to different grade schools we just lost touch. Her child has some issues that they were trying to get figured out and I felt like she and the teachers really babied her son. He was always whining and tattling and freaking out if difficult child touched anything that was his. Well, difficult child just feeds off of this behavior and becomes impulsive and taunting. It was awful. I felt left out of a lot of gatherings of moms with-kids in that preschool class. </p><p></p><p>Recently, difficult child and I were out walking our dogs in the neighborhood and she saw two neighbor girl friends. When they saw difficult child coming their way they ran into one of the girls houses and shut the doors. When difficult child went to the door and rang the doorbell they didn't answer. It broke my heart. But difficult child seemed clueless as to why they would do that. It's funny how it runs uphill. It's like the kids misbehave and we are punished by our peers. It is very isolating to have a difficult child. I spent all last week visiting family out of state with difficult child and got so many looks from relatives that I could feel the tension. I finally had to sit down with my mom and sister and say, "see???? do you understand now what I've been trying to tell you for 3 years???" They finally said yes and my sister went as far as to say that my difficult child is not a normal 6-7 year old. I said, "I KNOW!" It's so frustrating because they only see difficult child about twice per year. So my mom always says, "it just sounds like normal behavior at her age." </p><p></p><p>I hate feeling left out but it seems that I'm getting used to it. I'm more amazed when we're invited for a play date. It's so rare. </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry your feelings were hurt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loricbme, post: 68263, member: 2036"] I feel for you and can completely relate. I made a friend through difficult child's preschool 2 years ago and by the end of the school year my friend said, "sometimes kids can't be friends even though their parents are friends." I knew what she meant and I've barely spoke with her since. It wasn't because I was offended or anything, I think with the year ending and because our kids were going to different grade schools we just lost touch. Her child has some issues that they were trying to get figured out and I felt like she and the teachers really babied her son. He was always whining and tattling and freaking out if difficult child touched anything that was his. Well, difficult child just feeds off of this behavior and becomes impulsive and taunting. It was awful. I felt left out of a lot of gatherings of moms with-kids in that preschool class. Recently, difficult child and I were out walking our dogs in the neighborhood and she saw two neighbor girl friends. When they saw difficult child coming their way they ran into one of the girls houses and shut the doors. When difficult child went to the door and rang the doorbell they didn't answer. It broke my heart. But difficult child seemed clueless as to why they would do that. It's funny how it runs uphill. It's like the kids misbehave and we are punished by our peers. It is very isolating to have a difficult child. I spent all last week visiting family out of state with difficult child and got so many looks from relatives that I could feel the tension. I finally had to sit down with my mom and sister and say, "see???? do you understand now what I've been trying to tell you for 3 years???" They finally said yes and my sister went as far as to say that my difficult child is not a normal 6-7 year old. I said, "I KNOW!" It's so frustrating because they only see difficult child about twice per year. So my mom always says, "it just sounds like normal behavior at her age." I hate feeling left out but it seems that I'm getting used to it. I'm more amazed when we're invited for a play date. It's so rare. I'm sorry your feelings were hurt. [/QUOTE]
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