Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Today's visit with- difficult child
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 278344" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>It actually sounds like you had a good visit. You can't solve his problems or even come up with-what-if answers. All you can do is throw out ideas and allow him to throw out ideas, and you can be a good listener. Which sounds pretty much like what happened.</p><p>He's not at summer camp. This is not supposed to be fun. The fact that he has you to talk to is, I hope, a benefit to him, and I also hope that he can make a friend or two there. You never know.</p><p>In reg to a therapist, keep looking. Once he gets out, he's got to keep going. When the times gets closer, you can gently remind him that he will be seeing a therapist for a long time, and that transitioning to regular life is just that--a transition. It's not like he can walk out of there and instantly become a corporate executive.</p><p>In the meantime, you may want to keep the topics a bit lighter, (although it does sound like he brought up some heavy stuff on his own) but maybe help steer the conversation to other things. </p><p>He sounds like he's doing remarkably well, especially since he's thinking about taking classes when he gets out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 278344, member: 3419"] It actually sounds like you had a good visit. You can't solve his problems or even come up with-what-if answers. All you can do is throw out ideas and allow him to throw out ideas, and you can be a good listener. Which sounds pretty much like what happened. He's not at summer camp. This is not supposed to be fun. The fact that he has you to talk to is, I hope, a benefit to him, and I also hope that he can make a friend or two there. You never know. In reg to a therapist, keep looking. Once he gets out, he's got to keep going. When the times gets closer, you can gently remind him that he will be seeing a therapist for a long time, and that transitioning to regular life is just that--a transition. It's not like he can walk out of there and instantly become a corporate executive. In the meantime, you may want to keep the topics a bit lighter, (although it does sound like he brought up some heavy stuff on his own) but maybe help steer the conversation to other things. He sounds like he's doing remarkably well, especially since he's thinking about taking classes when he gets out. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Today's visit with- difficult child
Top