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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 243512" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>My own opinion is a combination. I think we as parents learn more with time, experience can be an awesome teacher. And as our kids grow and mature the lessons we have fought so hard for so many years to teach them finally begin to take hold. </p><p> </p><p>How long that takes depends on the child.</p><p> </p><p>At 10 my own Travis could quite easily and reg make ME want to rip my hair out. I was literally counting up to his 18th birthday like it was some magic number. lol (which by the way it isn't)</p><p> </p><p>If there were books when my kids were little, I didn't know about them. (too bad for me) So I stumbled along with what I knew and what I learned along the way that "worked" for us.</p><p> </p><p>Lucky for my kids sensory issues....such as clothing tags, seams on socks, the feel of certain foods, ect were never a big deal because I'd had the same issues as a kid. We learned to work around them. Nichole wore her socks wrong side out for ages......actually, I think she still does. lol </p><p> </p><p>I learned to prevent a huge volume of meltdowns by establishing a strict routine and sticking to it, even when life got in the way. This was vital to both my difficult children, and it took alot of stress off of them knowing what was going to happen at a given time of the day.</p><p> </p><p>When my difficult children were still in grade school I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. When they were teens........OMG I wanted them back in grade school again! (lol) As adults there are still issues. But they are far different issues than when they were kids. All that hard work paid off in the long run. </p><p> </p><p>So, yeah. It can get easier. It just takes alot of work to get there.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 243512, member: 84"] My own opinion is a combination. I think we as parents learn more with time, experience can be an awesome teacher. And as our kids grow and mature the lessons we have fought so hard for so many years to teach them finally begin to take hold. How long that takes depends on the child. At 10 my own Travis could quite easily and reg make ME want to rip my hair out. I was literally counting up to his 18th birthday like it was some magic number. lol (which by the way it isn't) If there were books when my kids were little, I didn't know about them. (too bad for me) So I stumbled along with what I knew and what I learned along the way that "worked" for us. Lucky for my kids sensory issues....such as clothing tags, seams on socks, the feel of certain foods, ect were never a big deal because I'd had the same issues as a kid. We learned to work around them. Nichole wore her socks wrong side out for ages......actually, I think she still does. lol I learned to prevent a huge volume of meltdowns by establishing a strict routine and sticking to it, even when life got in the way. This was vital to both my difficult children, and it took alot of stress off of them knowing what was going to happen at a given time of the day. When my difficult children were still in grade school I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. When they were teens........OMG I wanted them back in grade school again! (lol) As adults there are still issues. But they are far different issues than when they were kids. All that hard work paid off in the long run. So, yeah. It can get easier. It just takes alot of work to get there.:happy: [/QUOTE]
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