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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 125935" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>That's a good analogy, Pepperidge! I like it. There's for sure been times we've been in Beruit! (and i don't recall that reply, but I LOVE it! (and I wasn't the original poster))</p><p> </p><p>You're right, this doesn't describe the day-to-day dealing with a difficult child, but it does help put the water-cooler discussions at work in perspective - when you have to listen to all of your co-workers complain cause their kid didn't get to play enough on the little league team or the teacher made them stay after school one night to catch up on some homework they missed when they were sick and how its such an inconvenience and you sit there and think "I just wish my kid COULD play little league and I didn't have to leave work half the time to pick him up from school cause he can't behave enough to stay there". </p><p> </p><p>Our kids aren't "normal". But they are special, and I think there are a lot of parents who go thru life not realizing all the special little things their kids do but aren't seen. Without the trials we have, the little stuff gets lost.</p><p> </p><p>How many parents of NT kids remember the first time their child hugged them? I don't recall the first time my NT kids hugged me. But I recall the first time difficult child 2 hugged me and actually acknowledged my presence. Because for the 3 years prior to that, he didn't care if I was even there - ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 125935, member: 1848"] That's a good analogy, Pepperidge! I like it. There's for sure been times we've been in Beruit! (and i don't recall that reply, but I LOVE it! (and I wasn't the original poster)) You're right, this doesn't describe the day-to-day dealing with a difficult child, but it does help put the water-cooler discussions at work in perspective - when you have to listen to all of your co-workers complain cause their kid didn't get to play enough on the little league team or the teacher made them stay after school one night to catch up on some homework they missed when they were sick and how its such an inconvenience and you sit there and think "I just wish my kid COULD play little league and I didn't have to leave work half the time to pick him up from school cause he can't behave enough to stay there". Our kids aren't "normal". But they are special, and I think there are a lot of parents who go thru life not realizing all the special little things their kids do but aren't seen. Without the trials we have, the little stuff gets lost. How many parents of NT kids remember the first time their child hugged them? I don't recall the first time my NT kids hugged me. But I recall the first time difficult child 2 hugged me and actually acknowledged my presence. Because for the 3 years prior to that, he didn't care if I was even there - ever. [/QUOTE]
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