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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 30600" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>Mikey,</p><p></p><p>Great post!!! I read it the other day but didn't have time to respond. I constantly worry about the negative impact living with two difficult child brothers has on easy child. She seems like a happy, well-adjusted kid, but I can't believe that all of the drama in our household doesn't have a negative effect on her...</p><p></p><p>It seems so unfair that many times, or should I say most of the time, life at home revolves around the moods of my difficult children. Life at home is NEVER stress free for husband and I. I'm sure easy child picks up on this...</p><p></p><p>I try to spend as much quality one on one time with easy child as possible. When she asks questions about her brothers, I try to answer them as honestly and openly as I can. When she is upset or embarrassed by something one of them did in front of her friends, I let her vent away... I try to find something positive in every negative situation. I think living with difficult child brothers has made her more accepting of the differences in others. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, during the summer months, her brothers have always spent at least four weeks at YMCA day camp. Last year, difficult child 1 spent three weeks at an overnight camp. easy child and I always spend lots of quality time together in the summers. It makes me so sad though... easy child's life should be as carefree the rest of the year, as it is when her brothers are at camp in the summer time... WFEN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 30600, member: 3388"] Mikey, Great post!!! I read it the other day but didn't have time to respond. I constantly worry about the negative impact living with two difficult child brothers has on easy child. She seems like a happy, well-adjusted kid, but I can't believe that all of the drama in our household doesn't have a negative effect on her... It seems so unfair that many times, or should I say most of the time, life at home revolves around the moods of my difficult children. Life at home is NEVER stress free for husband and I. I'm sure easy child picks up on this... I try to spend as much quality one on one time with easy child as possible. When she asks questions about her brothers, I try to answer them as honestly and openly as I can. When she is upset or embarrassed by something one of them did in front of her friends, I let her vent away... I try to find something positive in every negative situation. I think living with difficult child brothers has made her more accepting of the differences in others. Anyway, during the summer months, her brothers have always spent at least four weeks at YMCA day camp. Last year, difficult child 1 spent three weeks at an overnight camp. easy child and I always spend lots of quality time together in the summers. It makes me so sad though... easy child's life should be as carefree the rest of the year, as it is when her brothers are at camp in the summer time... WFEN [/QUOTE]
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