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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 170330" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I know what worked best for my son's anxiety -- letting him take the lead. </p><p></p><p>He wanted to be normal, he wanted to leave the house, but my pushing him wasn't going to cause that to happen. I sat back and let him do things when he felt strong enough, when he was ready. My job was to support, not push. It meant that sometimes I caught him when he fell. It meant I let him try things I didn't really think he was ready to do. Left to doing things when he felt ready and strong enough knowing that I was his safety net, he bravely tried more and more. There were some successes and some failures; he learned from both. </p><p></p><p>Letting him take the lead and throwing away the idea that he would follow that fairy tale idea of normal -- go to college, get a job, meet Ms. Right, get married, have children, live happily ever after all right on schedule. Reality is that isn't as normal as we are led to believe. Turned out it wasn't that hard to let it go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 170330, member: 1498"] I know what worked best for my son's anxiety -- letting him take the lead. He wanted to be normal, he wanted to leave the house, but my pushing him wasn't going to cause that to happen. I sat back and let him do things when he felt strong enough, when he was ready. My job was to support, not push. It meant that sometimes I caught him when he fell. It meant I let him try things I didn't really think he was ready to do. Left to doing things when he felt ready and strong enough knowing that I was his safety net, he bravely tried more and more. There were some successes and some failures; he learned from both. Letting him take the lead and throwing away the idea that he would follow that fairy tale idea of normal -- go to college, get a job, meet Ms. Right, get married, have children, live happily ever after all right on schedule. Reality is that isn't as normal as we are led to believe. Turned out it wasn't that hard to let it go. [/QUOTE]
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