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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 219416" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>Aaaarrrrgh. Until they develop a cirriculem for classes for parents of difficult child's....personally I think these things are worthless for us. (and some parents of easy child's too) We were court ordered to take one during one of difficult child's legal stints. It didn't matter that we had: been licensed theraputic foster parents at one time, had difficult child in counseling, had difficult child seeing a psychiatrist, was involved with his school, his services, etc. None of that mattered. It was just....juvenile X has been in court X many times so we need to send the parents to a class.</p><p></p><p>And the woman teaching the class????? I was apparently the stupidest parent ever to walk the Earth because she told me I had obviously not done all of the various techniques right or else they would have worked. And HER techniques??? Pure common sense with a bit of (too much, in my opinion....for ANY kid) "boost the child's self esteem, reward them for EVERYTHING, and always, ALWAYS talk in a soothing manner" carp mixed in. Whatever town the Stepford Wives took place in is where I think this woman lived in her mind. Faced with a difficult child she would have no clue. </p><p></p><p>While I didn't teach the class, the agency who sponsored them (we were very familiar with this place) DID have me view a dvd set by some child psychologist to see if I thought it would be helpful to other parents. I think they also pulled the parenting class instructor to the side at some point and explained what I was up against to her. After a certain point (basically when I almost went off on her for once again telling me what I was doing wrong) she basically ignored me. </p><p></p><p>If you think you could contribute something to this class, by all means, go. Personally though, I agree with you. difficult child is 24 years old and you shouldn't have to "hold his hand" for the rest of your life. At some point he will have to do things on his own and I think 24 is a good point to start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 219416, member: 2459"] Aaaarrrrgh. Until they develop a cirriculem for classes for parents of difficult child's....personally I think these things are worthless for us. (and some parents of easy child's too) We were court ordered to take one during one of difficult child's legal stints. It didn't matter that we had: been licensed theraputic foster parents at one time, had difficult child in counseling, had difficult child seeing a psychiatrist, was involved with his school, his services, etc. None of that mattered. It was just....juvenile X has been in court X many times so we need to send the parents to a class. And the woman teaching the class????? I was apparently the stupidest parent ever to walk the Earth because she told me I had obviously not done all of the various techniques right or else they would have worked. And HER techniques??? Pure common sense with a bit of (too much, in my opinion....for ANY kid) "boost the child's self esteem, reward them for EVERYTHING, and always, ALWAYS talk in a soothing manner" carp mixed in. Whatever town the Stepford Wives took place in is where I think this woman lived in her mind. Faced with a difficult child she would have no clue. While I didn't teach the class, the agency who sponsored them (we were very familiar with this place) DID have me view a dvd set by some child psychologist to see if I thought it would be helpful to other parents. I think they also pulled the parenting class instructor to the side at some point and explained what I was up against to her. After a certain point (basically when I almost went off on her for once again telling me what I was doing wrong) she basically ignored me. If you think you could contribute something to this class, by all means, go. Personally though, I agree with you. difficult child is 24 years old and you shouldn't have to "hold his hand" for the rest of your life. At some point he will have to do things on his own and I think 24 is a good point to start. [/QUOTE]
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