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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 227714" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Way to Go difficult child!!! </p><p></p><p>Andy, I think you are very right about it being OK to not go to your parents' home today. Even though the roads were clear just a little past where you were, you had that feeling that made you turn around for a reason.</p><p></p><p>That reason just may have been to give difficult child this opportunity to help and get such positive reinforcement. It really is a big deal to our kids when they help out and are told they are doing things RIGHT. So often they hear the opposite, that they are doing it wrong, and it wears on them. Days like today make a lasting impression.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry there were so many funerals, but I honestly think that you were MEANT to turn back so that difficult child could have this opportunity. </p><p></p><p>I don't know if you did volunteer work in jr high or high school. I was a candy striper at age 16. And my first job was actually as much volunteer as anything - I worked in a used bookstore owned by a little old lady who couldn't sit for more than 2 hours. By working there I earned less $$ than my friends did, but I got all the books I could read (Heavensent for a bookworm like me!) and I got a real sense that I made a difference in someone's life.</p><p></p><p>If you can, with-o making a big deal of it, maybe you can find other occasions/ways difficult child can volunteer. It can make a BIG difference in self esteem.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to both of you! And to your parents who will miss you tonight.</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 227714, member: 1233"] Way to Go difficult child!!! Andy, I think you are very right about it being OK to not go to your parents' home today. Even though the roads were clear just a little past where you were, you had that feeling that made you turn around for a reason. That reason just may have been to give difficult child this opportunity to help and get such positive reinforcement. It really is a big deal to our kids when they help out and are told they are doing things RIGHT. So often they hear the opposite, that they are doing it wrong, and it wears on them. Days like today make a lasting impression. I am sorry there were so many funerals, but I honestly think that you were MEANT to turn back so that difficult child could have this opportunity. I don't know if you did volunteer work in jr high or high school. I was a candy striper at age 16. And my first job was actually as much volunteer as anything - I worked in a used bookstore owned by a little old lady who couldn't sit for more than 2 hours. By working there I earned less $$ than my friends did, but I got all the books I could read (Heavensent for a bookworm like me!) and I got a real sense that I made a difference in someone's life. If you can, with-o making a big deal of it, maybe you can find other occasions/ways difficult child can volunteer. It can make a BIG difference in self esteem. Hugs to both of you! And to your parents who will miss you tonight. Susie [/QUOTE]
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