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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 116968"><p>OK. I've had some time to get my thoughts together. Had to catch them all and try to contain them in one room. :wink:</p><p></p><p>I've realized that I try to help difficult child too much and that it's no longer helping; it's hindering. Enabling. Whatever you want to call it. Some of it is because I realize that things are harder for her. But, quite honestly, some of it is because it's just easier to avoid the meltdown and attitude that just s-ucks the life right out of me.</p><p></p><p>So, no more. I realized that my easy child could do laundry at the age of 10. He did almost all of the laundry in the 6 months to a year leading up to my heart attack and until we moved into this house because I couldn't do the stairs. I also realize that difficult child is perfectly capable. It's just going to take more repetition. And patience. </p><p></p><p>You guys have given some very practical, common sense advice and ideas. I'm going to print out this thread and refer back to it.</p><p></p><p>I had more to say, but difficult child came in in a bad mood and I've totally lost my train of thought.</p><p></p><p>Anyway...thanks all for the great ideas!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 116968"] OK. I've had some time to get my thoughts together. Had to catch them all and try to contain them in one room. [img]:wink:[/img] I've realized that I try to help difficult child too much and that it's no longer helping; it's hindering. Enabling. Whatever you want to call it. Some of it is because I realize that things are harder for her. But, quite honestly, some of it is because it's just easier to avoid the meltdown and attitude that just s-ucks the life right out of me. So, no more. I realized that my easy child could do laundry at the age of 10. He did almost all of the laundry in the 6 months to a year leading up to my heart attack and until we moved into this house because I couldn't do the stairs. I also realize that difficult child is perfectly capable. It's just going to take more repetition. And patience. You guys have given some very practical, common sense advice and ideas. I'm going to print out this thread and refer back to it. I had more to say, but difficult child came in in a bad mood and I've totally lost my train of thought. Anyway...thanks all for the great ideas! [/QUOTE]
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