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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 596478" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I understand the oil-and-water comment.</p><p>But ... not the other part.</p><p>As a parent, it's MY job to change whatever is possible, to make it work.</p><p>It's about ME figuring out how to adjust, adapt, teach skills, fill gaps.</p><p>Having a difficult child made ME have to really grow up fast - from helpless, to warrior mom, in short order.</p><p> </p><p>It will be a huge difference here when the kids do leave home. But I highly suspect that we're in for at least another 10 years of parenting (both are in HS now). Developmental delays that go even with "just" ADHD mean that they mature later. As parents... we are preparing them to launch, and while in some ways we look forward to having our life back, it's more important to launch them properly. The only thing worse than slow launchers is boomerang kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 596478, member: 11791"] I understand the oil-and-water comment. But ... not the other part. As a parent, it's MY job to change whatever is possible, to make it work. It's about ME figuring out how to adjust, adapt, teach skills, fill gaps. Having a difficult child made ME have to really grow up fast - from helpless, to warrior mom, in short order. It will be a huge difference here when the kids do leave home. But I highly suspect that we're in for at least another 10 years of parenting (both are in HS now). Developmental delays that go even with "just" ADHD mean that they mature later. As parents... we are preparing them to launch, and while in some ways we look forward to having our life back, it's more important to launch them properly. The only thing worse than slow launchers is boomerang kids. [/QUOTE]
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