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difficult child attended three AA meetings this weekend
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 405532"><p>Nancy - I am so so glad to hear this. I think at a certain point our teens just can't take the help, advice or encouragement from us. They are in the midst of becoming independent and part of that is rejecting our suggestions... which gets pretty complicated when they are doing self destructive things and our suggestions are ways for them to help themselves. With my son I think he was going to reject anything we suggested and felt we were just too old school to understand.... he needed to get help from peers and others other than us.</p><p></p><p>So my hope is that your daughter is listening to this girl and her peers at AA. She may be able to hear them in a way that she just can't hear you. She knows you are invested in her recovery and a part of her may rebel against that. So hopefully being around people who really make it about her deciding for recovery will help. I am really hoping so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 405532"] Nancy - I am so so glad to hear this. I think at a certain point our teens just can't take the help, advice or encouragement from us. They are in the midst of becoming independent and part of that is rejecting our suggestions... which gets pretty complicated when they are doing self destructive things and our suggestions are ways for them to help themselves. With my son I think he was going to reject anything we suggested and felt we were just too old school to understand.... he needed to get help from peers and others other than us. So my hope is that your daughter is listening to this girl and her peers at AA. She may be able to hear them in a way that she just can't hear you. She knows you are invested in her recovery and a part of her may rebel against that. So hopefully being around people who really make it about her deciding for recovery will help. I am really hoping so. [/QUOTE]
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