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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 111846" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>Jo - great ideas!!! </p><p></p><p>Beth, I think it is a very long process to get to a place of happiness when you are parenting a difficult child. I think it takes years to figure out how to be happy when there is such pain in your life. And all the while things are changing, making it even take longer to figure out. I recall the things I expected when difficult child was 12. Well, now she is 16 and I should expect different things from her. These things will have a reaction from difficult child. So, it is a difficult thing to approach. </p><p>While I am happy, and I certainly was not a few years ago, there are still difficult times right now and in the future. </p><p></p><p>I handle/process/deal with them much differently now. I think that is what allows me to be happy while I continue to try to parent a difficult child. </p><p></p><p>It took years for me to get here. Perhaps it helps that she is 16 now. She is closer to having to be more independent and her choices are for her to own. Not so much on my shoulders anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 111846, member: 391"] Jo - great ideas!!! Beth, I think it is a very long process to get to a place of happiness when you are parenting a difficult child. I think it takes years to figure out how to be happy when there is such pain in your life. And all the while things are changing, making it even take longer to figure out. I recall the things I expected when difficult child was 12. Well, now she is 16 and I should expect different things from her. These things will have a reaction from difficult child. So, it is a difficult thing to approach. While I am happy, and I certainly was not a few years ago, there are still difficult times right now and in the future. I handle/process/deal with them much differently now. I think that is what allows me to be happy while I continue to try to parent a difficult child. It took years for me to get here. Perhaps it helps that she is 16 now. She is closer to having to be more independent and her choices are for her to own. Not so much on my shoulders anymore. [/QUOTE]
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