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13 year old in psychiatric ward for first time
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 466910" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>OK, where's the shot-gun. Full of... oh, popcorn, maybe - something that won't kill ya but might wake you up.</p><p></p><p>Would you make this same statement about a medical problem?</p><p>as in: "I feel like if I was a BETTER parent, then I would have a physically healthy child."</p><p>???</p><p></p><p>If you were one of the parents out there actually doing the things that cause medical problems of any kind - physical, mental or emotional - then it is highly unlikely you would be coming to this board. THOSE parents do not want help. YOU do. Some of the difficult child kids on this board have problems caused by "bad parenting"... but not by the current parents, who are on this board. Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>Therefore, go to the mirror and repeat after me:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I am NOT a bad parent.</p><p></p><p>You ARE the parent of a very challenging kid. That isn't the kid's fault. But it sure isn't YOUR fault either.</p><p>We are all learning how to be "better" parents - great to have people to bounce things off of, share experiences, learn from.</p><p>And as we improve our parenting skills, it sometimes does have an impact on our difficult children.</p><p>But its definitely at best only ONE of many elements, and definitely NOT the key driver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 466910, member: 11791"] OK, where's the shot-gun. Full of... oh, popcorn, maybe - something that won't kill ya but might wake you up. Would you make this same statement about a medical problem? as in: "I feel like if I was a BETTER parent, then I would have a physically healthy child." ??? If you were one of the parents out there actually doing the things that cause medical problems of any kind - physical, mental or emotional - then it is highly unlikely you would be coming to this board. THOSE parents do not want help. YOU do. Some of the difficult child kids on this board have problems caused by "bad parenting"... but not by the current parents, who are on this board. Know what I mean?? Therefore, go to the mirror and repeat after me: [INDENT]I am NOT a bad parent.[/INDENT] You ARE the parent of a very challenging kid. That isn't the kid's fault. But it sure isn't YOUR fault either. We are all learning how to be "better" parents - great to have people to bounce things off of, share experiences, learn from. And as we improve our parenting skills, it sometimes does have an impact on our difficult children. But its definitely at best only ONE of many elements, and definitely NOT the key driver. [/QUOTE]
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