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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 373337" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Speaking as a mom who a) had a kid who had zero friends, and b) took away Halloween for age 7 and 8 (he left for Residential Treatment Center (RTC) when he was 9, so never again got the chance to participate in Halloween), I would think long and hard about taking away a b-day party, especially if parties are the norm in your house. In my book, birthdays (and holidays) are not rewards. They are celebrations. difficult child may be a challenge and heaven knows, I absolutely remember well the feeling of intensely not liking my difficult child's behaviors 24/7/365 for a very *long* time, but ... time passes quickly and he will be grown and gone before you know it. This will be his only 9th b-day and if he handles parties okay (for a difficult child) and he has friends to invite, I'd swallow my aggravation with him and let him celebrate this day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 373337, member: 8"] Speaking as a mom who a) had a kid who had zero friends, and b) took away Halloween for age 7 and 8 (he left for Residential Treatment Center (RTC) when he was 9, so never again got the chance to participate in Halloween), I would think long and hard about taking away a b-day party, especially if parties are the norm in your house. In my book, birthdays (and holidays) are not rewards. They are celebrations. difficult child may be a challenge and heaven knows, I absolutely remember well the feeling of intensely not liking my difficult child's behaviors 24/7/365 for a very *long* time, but ... time passes quickly and he will be grown and gone before you know it. This will be his only 9th b-day and if he handles parties okay (for a difficult child) and he has friends to invite, I'd swallow my aggravation with him and let him celebrate this day. [/QUOTE]
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