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Call from Difficult Child produces...nothing!
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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 670809" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Hi BG, just chiming in on this. No, you have not lost your soul and no you have not condemned him to death. Remember you are powerless over the choices HE makes.</p><p>I have had similar phone calls from my son in the past. I chalk it up to this, our DCs get to such a desperate place and in that "moment" they call us with the hope that we will rescue them. What I have learned over the years is that "moment" is just that, it passes and they will find their own way without our assistance.</p><p>Last winter I got a PM on FB from my son telling me that he was going to starve and freeze to death. He's in CO and I'm 1100 miles away in the Midwest. To this day I have no idea what he thought I could do for him. His desperate moment was just that as he posted maybe an hour later that he found a place to stay and some food to eat.</p><p>I've lost track of how many times my son has told me that his life sucks and the world would be better off without him. Yes, those words are hard to hear but I am reminded that I as you and every other parent have no control over what they do or don't do.</p><p></p><p>Never doubt yourself BG, your responses to him were perfect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 670809, member: 18516"] Hi BG, just chiming in on this. No, you have not lost your soul and no you have not condemned him to death. Remember you are powerless over the choices HE makes. I have had similar phone calls from my son in the past. I chalk it up to this, our DCs get to such a desperate place and in that "moment" they call us with the hope that we will rescue them. What I have learned over the years is that "moment" is just that, it passes and they will find their own way without our assistance. Last winter I got a PM on FB from my son telling me that he was going to starve and freeze to death. He's in CO and I'm 1100 miles away in the Midwest. To this day I have no idea what he thought I could do for him. His desperate moment was just that as he posted maybe an hour later that he found a place to stay and some food to eat. I've lost track of how many times my son has told me that his life sucks and the world would be better off without him. Yes, those words are hard to hear but I am reminded that I as you and every other parent have no control over what they do or don't do. Never doubt yourself BG, your responses to him were perfect. [/QUOTE]
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