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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 56381" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>Meowbunny-Absolutely I vent about my PCs. I vent about all of my kids, but not on small things, just things that have worn me out that day. Lately not so much because the schedule is working out well. I don't tell my husband every little thing about any one of my kids, but I do tell him if one of them kept at it all day. Also, when I volunteered to drive my difficult children, I gave my dad the option of us staying in a hotel or with friends that live there and I would pay for it. Still a no go.</p><p></p><p>Terry-I only know how the doctor explained it. In all my web browsing I haven't found "reactive hypoglycemic". Basically he can't have white carbs, dairy, sugar or even too much natural sugar or he'll go into a hypoglycemic state. I'd be happy to get into more detail with you if ya want. It has helped his behavior a bunch though. PM me if you want more info.</p><p></p><p>Midwest-he in no way is taking care of them as much as I am. He helps babysit every so often after bedtime, but thats rare. When I was single, he helped more, but still not as much as I did. He lives here, but comes and goes as he pleases. I am the main caregiver and my husband is the 2nd. Dad is basically just another adult in the house, but he doesn't tend to help raise at this point, just the fun grandpa. Also, to clarify, my dad raised me, but he is not blood related, he is my step dad. He will always be my dad though because he raised me, I am not close with my bio dad. My step dad and I have always been close though. So the PCs are not blood related, however they do have more of a bond than the difficult children, hes known them since birth and he considers me his real daughter as I do him my real dad.</p><p></p><p>EB-No, unfortunately my dad doesn't want to deal with the difficult children behavior. Any trip with them alone with him won't happen I'm afraid.</p><p></p><p>The older 4, 2 difficult children and 2 PCs are all within the same age range. However, my 2 difficult children aren't as mature. Its very difficult to make that distinction though because it causes hurt feelings. So when someone wants to do something with the 2 PCs, I feel they should also include the older 2 difficult children. My oldest difficult child is 1 year older than my middle easy child and acts about the same age, my middle difficult child acts about 1-2 years younger. Being raised by my step dad never made me feel like a step child, but being around my step mother and bio dad did. I don't want this for my difficult children. I want them to feel like they belong and it bugs me when something causes them not to. I feel by not asking them to go, they feel this way. And since he took the 2 PCs last year, I feel like its only fair that the difficult children be included on this trip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 56381, member: 3837"] Meowbunny-Absolutely I vent about my PCs. I vent about all of my kids, but not on small things, just things that have worn me out that day. Lately not so much because the schedule is working out well. I don't tell my husband every little thing about any one of my kids, but I do tell him if one of them kept at it all day. Also, when I volunteered to drive my difficult children, I gave my dad the option of us staying in a hotel or with friends that live there and I would pay for it. Still a no go. Terry-I only know how the doctor explained it. In all my web browsing I haven't found "reactive hypoglycemic". Basically he can't have white carbs, dairy, sugar or even too much natural sugar or he'll go into a hypoglycemic state. I'd be happy to get into more detail with you if ya want. It has helped his behavior a bunch though. PM me if you want more info. Midwest-he in no way is taking care of them as much as I am. He helps babysit every so often after bedtime, but thats rare. When I was single, he helped more, but still not as much as I did. He lives here, but comes and goes as he pleases. I am the main caregiver and my husband is the 2nd. Dad is basically just another adult in the house, but he doesn't tend to help raise at this point, just the fun grandpa. Also, to clarify, my dad raised me, but he is not blood related, he is my step dad. He will always be my dad though because he raised me, I am not close with my bio dad. My step dad and I have always been close though. So the PCs are not blood related, however they do have more of a bond than the difficult children, hes known them since birth and he considers me his real daughter as I do him my real dad. EB-No, unfortunately my dad doesn't want to deal with the difficult children behavior. Any trip with them alone with him won't happen I'm afraid. The older 4, 2 difficult children and 2 PCs are all within the same age range. However, my 2 difficult children aren't as mature. Its very difficult to make that distinction though because it causes hurt feelings. So when someone wants to do something with the 2 PCs, I feel they should also include the older 2 difficult children. My oldest difficult child is 1 year older than my middle easy child and acts about the same age, my middle difficult child acts about 1-2 years younger. Being raised by my step dad never made me feel like a step child, but being around my step mother and bio dad did. I don't want this for my difficult children. I want them to feel like they belong and it bugs me when something causes them not to. I feel by not asking them to go, they feel this way. And since he took the 2 PCs last year, I feel like its only fair that the difficult children be included on this trip. [/QUOTE]
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