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easy child acting like difficult child this weekend
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 49367" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Good advice, RM! Karen, I don't have any real advice but wanted to say I sure understand how you feel about all this. After raising a difficult child you just don't know what is "normal" and what a normal reaction should be. It also is an awful feeling to think you can't trust someone--but I do think she is being a "normal" teen and will be trustworthy again in a few years! I too drank and smoked pot and went places my parents were unaware of when I was 17. I remember getting home at about 4:30AM when I was supposed to be home at 1:00 and making up some lame story. I did feel bad when I realized how worried my parents were--that never occurred to me while I was out with this older guy (another dumb story). It was like I knew they would be mad that I wasn't home on time but didn't understand that they would be angry because they were worried! I thought they'd be mad just because I wasn't obeying their dumb rules. I think when you are that age you think your parents just want to annoy you and control you, you don't realize how much they care about you.</p><p></p><p>Gotta go--let us know what happens and take care!</p><p>Hugs,</p><p>jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 49367, member: 3450"] Good advice, RM! Karen, I don't have any real advice but wanted to say I sure understand how you feel about all this. After raising a difficult child you just don't know what is "normal" and what a normal reaction should be. It also is an awful feeling to think you can't trust someone--but I do think she is being a "normal" teen and will be trustworthy again in a few years! I too drank and smoked pot and went places my parents were unaware of when I was 17. I remember getting home at about 4:30AM when I was supposed to be home at 1:00 and making up some lame story. I did feel bad when I realized how worried my parents were--that never occurred to me while I was out with this older guy (another dumb story). It was like I knew they would be mad that I wasn't home on time but didn't understand that they would be angry because they were worried! I thought they'd be mad just because I wasn't obeying their dumb rules. I think when you are that age you think your parents just want to annoy you and control you, you don't realize how much they care about you. Gotta go--let us know what happens and take care! Hugs, jane [/QUOTE]
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