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What came first? The chicken or the egg?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 677999" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>On the flip side of this...</p><p>This statement is one that my FOO would make about me.</p><p> </p><p>On the other hand... the things we are doing for and <em>with</em> our challenged kids (one just into "adulthood" the other not there yet)... are right now the difference between life and death. The school system destroyed two kids. The mental health system provides no support and no answers. We had a choice. Spend the rest of our lives with $$ and no kids, or spend the rest of our lives with no $$, and probably save at least one of the kids.</p><p> </p><p>I know - not everyone who puts finances on the line is doing what we are doing, or for the same reasons. Most don't even have a challenging kid. But... we now have both kids involved in expensive interests (different for each kid - no overlap <em>at all).</em> AND are seeing significant improvements on mental health. And behavior. And attitude.</p><p> </p><p>We have (like many here) absolutely zero support from anybody. No respite, no friendly uncles and aunts and cousins to hang with, no friends who care about us or our kids. It all falls to us, and to whatever dollars we can muster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 677999, member: 11791"] On the flip side of this... This statement is one that my FOO would make about me. On the other hand... the things we are doing for and [I]with[/I] our challenged kids (one just into "adulthood" the other not there yet)... are right now the difference between life and death. The school system destroyed two kids. The mental health system provides no support and no answers. We had a choice. Spend the rest of our lives with $$ and no kids, or spend the rest of our lives with no $$, and probably save at least one of the kids. I know - not everyone who puts finances on the line is doing what we are doing, or for the same reasons. Most don't even have a challenging kid. But... we now have both kids involved in expensive interests (different for each kid - no overlap [I]at all).[/I] AND are seeing significant improvements on mental health. And behavior. And attitude. We have (like many here) absolutely zero support from anybody. No respite, no friendly uncles and aunts and cousins to hang with, no friends who care about us or our kids. It all falls to us, and to whatever dollars we can muster. [/QUOTE]
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