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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 642471" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>The only thing worse than, "How's difficult child doing?" is when it's prefaced by them talking about their easy child's first. I was never an jealous or envious person...until my son turned out to be a liar and a thief. Now I get soooooo jealous.</p><p></p><p>Just logged onto Facebook. One of my friends who's son just turned the same age as mine posted on his birthday: "<em>I am proud of the young man he has become. Yes, the outward achievements say much: high school honor roll all four years, Eagle Scout, and finished his first semester of college with all A's. But, I am also so proud of the content of his character: his strong faith in Jesus Christ, his faith-based values, and his willingness to defend these even when it is difficult."</em></p><p></p><p>What I wouldn't I give to be proud of my son? I have literally never posted a single good thing about him. The closest I came was congratulating him on his early graduation, which was only early because he was told to follow the rules or stop attending and he had enough credits so he quit. </p><p></p><p>I know it might sound bad...but really, one of the best things about finding this site ha been knowing there are other families out there like mine; other mother's wondering how they ended up like this. While I so wish no one else had to know this pain, that is a blessing.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/grouphugg.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grouphugg:" title="grouphugg :grouphugg:" data-shortname=":grouphugg:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 642471, member: 17309"] The only thing worse than, "How's difficult child doing?" is when it's prefaced by them talking about their easy child's first. I was never an jealous or envious person...until my son turned out to be a liar and a thief. Now I get soooooo jealous. Just logged onto Facebook. One of my friends who's son just turned the same age as mine posted on his birthday: "[I]I am proud of the young man he has become. Yes, the outward achievements say much: high school honor roll all four years, Eagle Scout, and finished his first semester of college with all A's. But, I am also so proud of the content of his character: his strong faith in Jesus Christ, his faith-based values, and his willingness to defend these even when it is difficult."[/I] What I wouldn't I give to be proud of my son? I have literally never posted a single good thing about him. The closest I came was congratulating him on his early graduation, which was only early because he was told to follow the rules or stop attending and he had enough credits so he quit. I know it might sound bad...but really, one of the best things about finding this site ha been knowing there are other families out there like mine; other mother's wondering how they ended up like this. While I so wish no one else had to know this pain, that is a blessing. :grouphugg: [/QUOTE]
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