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<blockquote data-quote="Bean" data-source="post: 378592" data-attributes="member: 8620"><p>Yes, I do feel like it was a gift. It's been time to have her leave, really. What started out as a few days has turned into a few months, and I've never needed counseling, medications and a stiff drink more than I have in the past few months. I can't imagine it is the healthiest situation for her, either, really.</p><p></p><p>Toughlovin, I've felt the same way many times, about being to harsh. Seems odd, with the current predicament we're in. But, I've bought very little for my daughter in the past few years. All the "experts" will say to take away any non-essentials (phones, radios, televisions, fancy hair products, etc.) from children behaving badly. Food, shelter and clothes to cover their body. Strangely, my daughter has been able to get by on the bare minimum. :/ Setting boundaries with a difficult child is very different from setting them with a easy child. You can start out with the same boundaries and rules, but the difficult child will butt hard against them, smash them to pieces, and then look and come back looking for the next set of boundaries to destroy.</p><p></p><p>She's gone from remorse (heart-tugging please to come home) to texting her "goodbyes" and saying she's going to kill herself. It scares me, and angers me at the same time. It isn't fair. Tonight I'm hurting and having a hard time of it. But I'm also OK. I think we both need this process. Prolonging the inevitable is what was happening before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bean, post: 378592, member: 8620"] Yes, I do feel like it was a gift. It's been time to have her leave, really. What started out as a few days has turned into a few months, and I've never needed counseling, medications and a stiff drink more than I have in the past few months. I can't imagine it is the healthiest situation for her, either, really. Toughlovin, I've felt the same way many times, about being to harsh. Seems odd, with the current predicament we're in. But, I've bought very little for my daughter in the past few years. All the "experts" will say to take away any non-essentials (phones, radios, televisions, fancy hair products, etc.) from children behaving badly. Food, shelter and clothes to cover their body. Strangely, my daughter has been able to get by on the bare minimum. :/ Setting boundaries with a difficult child is very different from setting them with a easy child. You can start out with the same boundaries and rules, but the difficult child will butt hard against them, smash them to pieces, and then look and come back looking for the next set of boundaries to destroy. She's gone from remorse (heart-tugging please to come home) to texting her "goodbyes" and saying she's going to kill herself. It scares me, and angers me at the same time. It isn't fair. Tonight I'm hurting and having a hard time of it. But I'm also OK. I think we both need this process. Prolonging the inevitable is what was happening before. [/QUOTE]
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