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What do you do when your wife/husband HATES your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 8805" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>In all honesty, your child is very disturbed, but nobody has tried to help her.All those years with your ex made her worse. The only one who can help her is you. Why hasn't she been diagnosed yet? Has she seen a Psychiatrist? My guess is, to heal she will need a psychiatrist to treat her mental illness and many years of therapy too. The question becomes, are YOU (not wife) willing to invest in her and try to save her? I understand your wife's fear and hesitation, but she's not as invested in this child as you are--it's not hers--all she sees is a "bad" kid. I think your daughter is screaming for help. You're her last chance for it before she hits eighteen. It's a decision you have to make, and you won't please everyone. I agree that counseling for you and your wife is also in order. I just hope you can come to a resolution. Maybe your daughter needs a good Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (although I don't care for them myself--you need to look around and see which ones really help the kids improve and aren't just holding cells). Your daughter may have mental illness PLUS attachment problems due to your ex's behavior. She may beu unsafe at all. I'd say first order of business is an intensive evaluation. I wish you all good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 8805, member: 1550"] In all honesty, your child is very disturbed, but nobody has tried to help her.All those years with your ex made her worse. The only one who can help her is you. Why hasn't she been diagnosed yet? Has she seen a Psychiatrist? My guess is, to heal she will need a psychiatrist to treat her mental illness and many years of therapy too. The question becomes, are YOU (not wife) willing to invest in her and try to save her? I understand your wife's fear and hesitation, but she's not as invested in this child as you are--it's not hers--all she sees is a "bad" kid. I think your daughter is screaming for help. You're her last chance for it before she hits eighteen. It's a decision you have to make, and you won't please everyone. I agree that counseling for you and your wife is also in order. I just hope you can come to a resolution. Maybe your daughter needs a good Residential Treatment Center (RTC) (although I don't care for them myself--you need to look around and see which ones really help the kids improve and aren't just holding cells). Your daughter may have mental illness PLUS attachment problems due to your ex's behavior. She may beu unsafe at all. I'd say first order of business is an intensive evaluation. I wish you all good luck! [/QUOTE]
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