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Who was a teen difficult child and what did you do to get the label? True confessions!
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 463116" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Whew! I'm exhausted reading these notes! What you've all been through ... some of you had good parents, some things were *caused* by your parents.</p><p>Can I offer up one of my sisters as a difficult child/easy child? She was always a happy child but I believe she was ADHD and slightly dyslexic. She was always in trouble, did not pass the entrance exam to get into the same private HS my sisters and I attended, and she could party hard. </p><p>Many of the things she did were truly funny. One day, the teacher left the room and came back to see, through the little glass window in the center of the door, my sister standing at the front of the classroom, imitating her every move, every inflection, everything. My dad tried so hard not to burst out laughing when he got that phone call.</p><p>He gave her a long lecture about how you can't spend the rest of your life standing in front of people and cracking jokes. You've got to focus on a real career.</p><p>She is now a public speaker and corporate trainer and makes way more money than I could ever dream of.</p><p>It took her 3 tries to graduate from college (math, ugh), and she finally straightened up when her daughter was born. It changed her entire perspective.</p><p></p><p>Now, it's her turn to deal with-her daughter, who is truly a difficult child--anxiety, depression, drug use--amazing she's still alive. My mom confided in me once, "I yelled at M once that I hoped she got stuck with-a daughter just as bad as she was. But I would never wish this on anyone. I had no idea."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 463116, member: 3419"] Whew! I'm exhausted reading these notes! What you've all been through ... some of you had good parents, some things were *caused* by your parents. Can I offer up one of my sisters as a difficult child/easy child? She was always a happy child but I believe she was ADHD and slightly dyslexic. She was always in trouble, did not pass the entrance exam to get into the same private HS my sisters and I attended, and she could party hard. Many of the things she did were truly funny. One day, the teacher left the room and came back to see, through the little glass window in the center of the door, my sister standing at the front of the classroom, imitating her every move, every inflection, everything. My dad tried so hard not to burst out laughing when he got that phone call. He gave her a long lecture about how you can't spend the rest of your life standing in front of people and cracking jokes. You've got to focus on a real career. She is now a public speaker and corporate trainer and makes way more money than I could ever dream of. It took her 3 tries to graduate from college (math, ugh), and she finally straightened up when her daughter was born. It changed her entire perspective. Now, it's her turn to deal with-her daughter, who is truly a difficult child--anxiety, depression, drug use--amazing she's still alive. My mom confided in me once, "I yelled at M once that I hoped she got stuck with-a daughter just as bad as she was. But I would never wish this on anyone. I had no idea." [/QUOTE]
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