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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 82546" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Well, I absolutely think you are doing the right thing. 100%. You can only lead a horse to water, you cannot force him to drink.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I was going to ask is, didn't you mention she was doing the homeschool thing? How do you feel that has impacted her, better or worse? I know when we did it, slowly, it caused my difficult child to get more depressed, which caused him to turn into himself more, and dwell on every possible thing that was bothering him. If I had it to do over again, I would have tried to keep him in school (although that was/is a whole other story). What is your take on it for your daughter and her issues?</p><p></p><p>Also, just thinking out loud of ways to maybe modify her environment that would help her take the focus off of her dramas and issues for some time each day. What about mandating she volunteer with elderly people, or mentally challenged people? Or the soup kitchen? Or babysitting or tutoring some of the neighbor kids? Something that helped give her some perspective on life, and balance, to hopefully see her problems in relation to others.</p><p></p><p>Take care</p><p>Willow</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 82546, member: 3301"] Well, I absolutely think you are doing the right thing. 100%. You can only lead a horse to water, you cannot force him to drink. The only thing I was going to ask is, didn't you mention she was doing the homeschool thing? How do you feel that has impacted her, better or worse? I know when we did it, slowly, it caused my difficult child to get more depressed, which caused him to turn into himself more, and dwell on every possible thing that was bothering him. If I had it to do over again, I would have tried to keep him in school (although that was/is a whole other story). What is your take on it for your daughter and her issues? Also, just thinking out loud of ways to maybe modify her environment that would help her take the focus off of her dramas and issues for some time each day. What about mandating she volunteer with elderly people, or mentally challenged people? Or the soup kitchen? Or babysitting or tutoring some of the neighbor kids? Something that helped give her some perspective on life, and balance, to hopefully see her problems in relation to others. Take care Willow [/QUOTE]
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