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difficult child's joblessness is getting to me. Not sure where to go from here
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 551454" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Dash--</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I don't know if this would work for you or not....but it has really been helping with my difficult child</span> <span style="font-size: 9px">(Quick! Knock on wood before I jinx it!)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px">We already know that waiting for the "lightbulb" to come on does not work with difficult children. So what we have been doing around here is having conversations about what young adults are *supposed* to do...such as </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px">"<em>Well, nobody wants to live with their parents for the rest of their life</em>. <em>Kids are supposed to grow up and start their own life.</em> " and </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px">"<em>Everyone needs to start somewhere...what kind of job experience can you go get right now?" </em>and </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px">"<em>What kind of career do you picture yourself working? What can you do to get started on that road?" </em>and</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px">"<em>Let's see what kinds of apartments are out there for people your age</em>."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-size: 12px">This seems to be helping my difficult child think about the kinds of choices that are available to her. Instead of feeling helpless and depressed because everything seems so huge and impossible - we are showing her small steps she can take right now that will help her get to where she wants to be. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 551454, member: 6546"] [SIZE=3]Dash-- I don't know if this would work for you or not....but it has really been helping with my difficult child[/SIZE] [SIZE=1](Quick! Knock on wood before I jinx it!) [SIZE=3]We already know that waiting for the "lightbulb" to come on does not work with difficult children. So what we have been doing around here is having conversations about what young adults are *supposed* to do...such as "[I]Well, nobody wants to live with their parents for the rest of their life[/I]. [I]Kids are supposed to grow up and start their own life.[/I] " and "[I]Everyone needs to start somewhere...what kind of job experience can you go get right now?" [/I]and "[I]What kind of career do you picture yourself working? What can you do to get started on that road?" [/I]and "[I]Let's see what kinds of apartments are out there for people your age[/I]." This seems to be helping my difficult child think about the kinds of choices that are available to her. Instead of feeling helpless and depressed because everything seems so huge and impossible - we are showing her small steps she can take right now that will help her get to where she wants to be. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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