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is there any way to recover positive feelings for difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 591487" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>KSM....hon, this is normal when a child is impossible. I can't feel as warm toward my still major difficult child 35 year old son as I do toward the kids who are so nice and pleasant to be around. I love 35, but I wish he were different...he can still be very hateful. I don't think your daughter will still be that way at 35, but I just wanted to use him as an example as to how hard it is to feel warm and fuzzy toward a child who is not nice back. </p><p></p><p>Do not force the issue. Once she grows up and learns from all this, you will love just as much as ever again and feel very proud of her for turning it around. That's how I feel about Julie, my ex-drug addict. If anything, I love her even more than I did before (which is awfully hard...she was always my princess). But she did the hard work she had to do to make her life productive and I'm very proud of her.</p><p></p><p>I can't help but think that many mothers feel the way we do. We love all of our kids, but it is very hard to feel warm when somebody is throwing ice at you. Know what I mean?? Hugs!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 591487, member: 1550"] KSM....hon, this is normal when a child is impossible. I can't feel as warm toward my still major difficult child 35 year old son as I do toward the kids who are so nice and pleasant to be around. I love 35, but I wish he were different...he can still be very hateful. I don't think your daughter will still be that way at 35, but I just wanted to use him as an example as to how hard it is to feel warm and fuzzy toward a child who is not nice back. Do not force the issue. Once she grows up and learns from all this, you will love just as much as ever again and feel very proud of her for turning it around. That's how I feel about Julie, my ex-drug addict. If anything, I love her even more than I did before (which is awfully hard...she was always my princess). But she did the hard work she had to do to make her life productive and I'm very proud of her. I can't help but think that many mothers feel the way we do. We love all of our kids, but it is very hard to feel warm when somebody is throwing ice at you. Know what I mean?? Hugs!!!! [/QUOTE]
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