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The double and sometimes triple lives of my difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 447903" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Mrsammler, I think this certainly deserves a new thread of it's own, but am compelled to make a comment.</p><p></p><p> This reminded me of a 16y/o I 'fostered' temporarily. It wasn't regarding huge difficult child issues, more 'annoying' behavior/habits that I was trying to help the kid break/deal with. His exact response was "That's just me" EXCUSE ME? My response: "You are ONLY 16 how long exactly have you struggled with these issues and have FINALLY come to the conclusion that there is NOTHING you can do about them? 6 months? NO, NOT the right answer!" Luckily, he did 'work' with me after that.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 'returning to normal' for me it is a necessity, but also, my difficult child DOES apologize, and does to a certain degree discuss her behavior/issues. The latter is something we're working on even more because she does not like to face ANY of her negative feelings. </p><p></p><p>I can TOTALLY understand your feelings and position though. Essentially loss of your companionship is a natural consequence for him. I'm guessing it wasn't enough of a consequence to put a dent in him. Sorry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 447903, member: 11965"] Mrsammler, I think this certainly deserves a new thread of it's own, but am compelled to make a comment. This reminded me of a 16y/o I 'fostered' temporarily. It wasn't regarding huge difficult child issues, more 'annoying' behavior/habits that I was trying to help the kid break/deal with. His exact response was "That's just me" EXCUSE ME? My response: "You are ONLY 16 how long exactly have you struggled with these issues and have FINALLY come to the conclusion that there is NOTHING you can do about them? 6 months? NO, NOT the right answer!" Luckily, he did 'work' with me after that. As far as the 'returning to normal' for me it is a necessity, but also, my difficult child DOES apologize, and does to a certain degree discuss her behavior/issues. The latter is something we're working on even more because she does not like to face ANY of her negative feelings. I can TOTALLY understand your feelings and position though. Essentially loss of your companionship is a natural consequence for him. I'm guessing it wasn't enough of a consequence to put a dent in him. Sorry. [/QUOTE]
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