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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 474317" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>When I read this first sentence, it sounded like things my family said about my older difficult child. The difference is, he was not adopted. </p><p> Obviously, she is being very insensitive about his being adopted and probably the best thing you can do is ignore her because it is almost impossible to try to "straighten out" people like that. But on another level, almost ALL difficult children are misunderstood and misjudged by a lot of our families at large. As others have said, she is probably concerned about YOU and she does not understand what parenting a difficult child -adopted or not- involves.</p><p></p><p>My mantra when my difficult children were younger (and actually, still) is, "You can't control what other people do or say; you can only control your reactions to them." Take her caring for you and file it away and disregard the rest as an example of ignorance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 474317, member: 135"] When I read this first sentence, it sounded like things my family said about my older difficult child. The difference is, he was not adopted. Obviously, she is being very insensitive about his being adopted and probably the best thing you can do is ignore her because it is almost impossible to try to "straighten out" people like that. But on another level, almost ALL difficult children are misunderstood and misjudged by a lot of our families at large. As others have said, she is probably concerned about YOU and she does not understand what parenting a difficult child -adopted or not- involves. My mantra when my difficult children were younger (and actually, still) is, "You can't control what other people do or say; you can only control your reactions to them." Take her caring for you and file it away and disregard the rest as an example of ignorance. [/QUOTE]
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