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Will difficult child ever really grow up?
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 597831" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>IC, I've heard the "it gets better between 25 and 30" stuff for a long time. He's closing in on 24, and I've seen lots of maturing in his ability to take care of the basic stuff of daily living, which he couldn't manage before. </p><p></p><p>What I'm more worried about is the underlying attitude. difficult child doesn't really want to be independent. He does it because we've boxed him in, but if the choice were his he'd move back home, quit his job and let husband spoon feed him, tie his shoelaces, brush his hair, and sing him lullabies at night for the rest of his life. I'm worried that he'll never get that inner spark to want to take care of himself for his own sake, rather than "Because Mummy made me do it". It breaks my brain thinking about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 597831, member: 3907"] IC, I've heard the "it gets better between 25 and 30" stuff for a long time. He's closing in on 24, and I've seen lots of maturing in his ability to take care of the basic stuff of daily living, which he couldn't manage before. What I'm more worried about is the underlying attitude. difficult child doesn't really want to be independent. He does it because we've boxed him in, but if the choice were his he'd move back home, quit his job and let husband spoon feed him, tie his shoelaces, brush his hair, and sing him lullabies at night for the rest of his life. I'm worried that he'll never get that inner spark to want to take care of himself for his own sake, rather than "Because Mummy made me do it". It breaks my brain thinking about it. [/QUOTE]
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