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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="dashcat" data-source="post: 551941" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>No, Daisy, I don't feel badgered at all. And I do get it. The book I am talking about is very step by step. It helps you to identify your strengths (and my difficult child loves these kind of exercise things), and then points you in the direction of the <span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><u>type of work </u><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> suited for your type of work style. The suggestions range from waitress to foreign correxpondant (not really, but you get the idea). and then there's a government website where you can look up the training that each career path requires. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">What I suggested was her immediate goal is any kind of job suited to her personality type...i.e, a bank teller? no. Day care worker? probably Coffee barista? even better. I am working iwth her to start small conquer individual obstacles. When she comes to me wiith one of her big picture solutions ... hairdersser? I put her in touch with my hairdresser, who is a young salon owner. She offered to allow difficult child to shadow for a few days to get a feel for whether or not she might like it and even suggested a possilbity that she fill in at reception about once a month. All she had to do was make the phone call. It may well be that this is a process, and I will have to keep encouraging her slowly but, in all honesty,it's pretty hard to pry her away from her big picture view. She''ll post a photo of a beach house on tumbr with a comment: this is where I'll live after I get hurt at WalMart. Sadly, this is a solution to her.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">insane, I'm hoping the therapist will do a referral to a psychiatrist. Not sure how effective I'd be right now in getting her to take that next step. I feel like my hands are tied right now. She has a lot of anger toward me for not allowing her to sleep until 2:00, get on the internet all day, eat and not work. I'm afraid my suggestions hold little weight and Mr. Ostrich is in major denial about any depression. She does listen to her therapist. .... usually. Fingers crossed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Oh - and the gas situation? I was going to the store and she actually asked me to get her a bottle of Two Buck Chuck (this is northeast ohio speak, I believe, for some cheap but pretty good wine). She has $4 coming to her from my sister's garage sale. Really? I told her I'd give her the money when I had change,but suggested she use it for gas. Like I would buy her wine and then not give her gas money! The boyfriend stopped by before and now she isout in her car attending a party. I'm guessing he gave her gas money. I'm officially no longer feeling badly for not caving in!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Dash</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial black'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 551941, member: 9175"] No, Daisy, I don't feel badgered at all. And I do get it. The book I am talking about is very step by step. It helps you to identify your strengths (and my difficult child loves these kind of exercise things), and then points you in the direction of the [FONT=arial black][U]type of work [/U][FONT=arial] suited for your type of work style. The suggestions range from waitress to foreign correxpondant (not really, but you get the idea). and then there's a government website where you can look up the training that each career path requires. What I suggested was her immediate goal is any kind of job suited to her personality type...i.e, a bank teller? no. Day care worker? probably Coffee barista? even better. I am working iwth her to start small conquer individual obstacles. When she comes to me wiith one of her big picture solutions ... hairdersser? I put her in touch with my hairdresser, who is a young salon owner. She offered to allow difficult child to shadow for a few days to get a feel for whether or not she might like it and even suggested a possilbity that she fill in at reception about once a month. All she had to do was make the phone call. It may well be that this is a process, and I will have to keep encouraging her slowly but, in all honesty,it's pretty hard to pry her away from her big picture view. She''ll post a photo of a beach house on tumbr with a comment: this is where I'll live after I get hurt at WalMart. Sadly, this is a solution to her. insane, I'm hoping the therapist will do a referral to a psychiatrist. Not sure how effective I'd be right now in getting her to take that next step. I feel like my hands are tied right now. She has a lot of anger toward me for not allowing her to sleep until 2:00, get on the internet all day, eat and not work. I'm afraid my suggestions hold little weight and Mr. Ostrich is in major denial about any depression. She does listen to her therapist. .... usually. Fingers crossed. Oh - and the gas situation? I was going to the store and she actually asked me to get her a bottle of Two Buck Chuck (this is northeast ohio speak, I believe, for some cheap but pretty good wine). She has $4 coming to her from my sister's garage sale. Really? I told her I'd give her the money when I had change,but suggested she use it for gas. Like I would buy her wine and then not give her gas money! The boyfriend stopped by before and now she isout in her car attending a party. I'm guessing he gave her gas money. I'm officially no longer feeling badly for not caving in! Dash [/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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