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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 630440" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>That is not true, MWM. You were a lovely, funny, compassionate parent.</p><p></p><p>You just don't know how cute I thought it was that you were <em>really</em> worried about Jumper when she didn't want to go for ice cream!!!</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Your child 36 has problems. This child has always had problems. He had been "raised" before he ever did any of those bad things. He knew right from wrong <em>but he did it anyway</em>. You were and are a good parent <em>and</em> a blind parent. Most of us, not only just here on the site, are a little blind where our kids are concerned. When so much is wrong that we finally admit we are not helping the child stop doing whatever it is he is doing, we beat ourselves up for that <em>when all along, there was nothing we could do to help our kids because they already knew better than to do what they were doing.</em></p><p></p><p>There is a stereotype of the hardened criminal's mother who refuses to believe her child did anything wrong. I think that response to a child in trouble is fairly typical. Here on the site, I think we are learning, I think we are choosing to see, our difficult child kids, warts and all, and love them with our eyes open. There is regret in that, because we think, "Maybe, oh, if only I'd seen sooner, maybe...."</p><p></p><p>It is what it is, though.</p><p></p><p>And we always do the best we know or can learn.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p><p></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 630440, member: 17461"] That is not true, MWM. You were a lovely, funny, compassionate parent. You just don't know how cute I thought it was that you were [I]really[/I] worried about Jumper when she didn't want to go for ice cream!!! :O) Your child 36 has problems. This child has always had problems. He had been "raised" before he ever did any of those bad things. He knew right from wrong [I]but he did it anyway[/I]. You were and are a good parent [I]and[/I] a blind parent. Most of us, not only just here on the site, are a little blind where our kids are concerned. When so much is wrong that we finally admit we are not helping the child stop doing whatever it is he is doing, we beat ourselves up for that [I]when all along, there was nothing we could do to help our kids because they already knew better than to do what they were doing.[/I] There is a stereotype of the hardened criminal's mother who refuses to believe her child did anything wrong. I think that response to a child in trouble is fairly typical. Here on the site, I think we are learning, I think we are choosing to see, our difficult child kids, warts and all, and love them with our eyes open. There is regret in that, because we think, "Maybe, oh, if only I'd seen sooner, maybe...." It is what it is, though. And we always do the best we know or can learn. Cedar [I] [/I] [I][/I] [/QUOTE]
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