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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 390458" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>In my experience, maybe.</p><p></p><p>Kanga...in some ways, yes...in other ways, no. The years at Residential Treatment Center (RTC) have provided safety for us and structure for her but she is still narcissistic, manipulative and prone to aggression and risk taking behaviors. </p><p></p><p>Eeyore...OMG...YES!....he is doing wonderfully....more polite and less aggressive than a typical teen <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />....he still has his issues with hyperactivity and stuggles with social skills but he works hard to compensate. </p><p></p><p>Tigger....still a work in progress...he is better much more of the time but still has issues that need serious interventions. A huge step is his ability to brainstorm some 'Plan B' solutions as opposed to insisting on whatever he wants...I'm hoping for more progress this year, he is still young. </p><p></p><p>I know one woman who lost all of 6 of her children to foster care then, a few years later, got pregnant one more time and was able to turn her life around, she has been successfully raising that child for 9 years, finished college, got a job, and recently bought a house. She was a drug-addict and a convicted felon. About 3 years ago, her difficult child-sister was killed/shot during a gang conflict which would have been an easy excuse to go back to the drugs instead she founded a anti-gang organization in her town. The success stories exist, I think that the major difficult child's like this woman need more time to grow up and move beyond it -- she was in her 30s before she was able to begin to heal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 390458, member: 1169"] In my experience, maybe. Kanga...in some ways, yes...in other ways, no. The years at Residential Treatment Center (RTC) have provided safety for us and structure for her but she is still narcissistic, manipulative and prone to aggression and risk taking behaviors. Eeyore...OMG...YES!....he is doing wonderfully....more polite and less aggressive than a typical teen :)....he still has his issues with hyperactivity and stuggles with social skills but he works hard to compensate. Tigger....still a work in progress...he is better much more of the time but still has issues that need serious interventions. A huge step is his ability to brainstorm some 'Plan B' solutions as opposed to insisting on whatever he wants...I'm hoping for more progress this year, he is still young. I know one woman who lost all of 6 of her children to foster care then, a few years later, got pregnant one more time and was able to turn her life around, she has been successfully raising that child for 9 years, finished college, got a job, and recently bought a house. She was a drug-addict and a convicted felon. About 3 years ago, her difficult child-sister was killed/shot during a gang conflict which would have been an easy excuse to go back to the drugs instead she founded a anti-gang organization in her town. The success stories exist, I think that the major difficult child's like this woman need more time to grow up and move beyond it -- she was in her 30s before she was able to begin to heal. [/QUOTE]
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