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easy child acting like difficult child this weekend
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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 50347" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>I was talking to difficult child 2's therapist about this yesterday. I told him that I had had a big fight with her the other day and part of it was triggered by her behaving in a difficult child 1 way and I overreacted. I told him I was unable to "validate" her feelings about something she is disappointed in and I was just too upset to feel bad about her feelings. But I did apologize later and told her I did feel bad about her disappointment (she has attended a creative writing camp the past two summers but can't this summer because she has to do school and we can't afford it). Her therapist said that was more important than the original blowup--he said we are always going to be less than perfect parents but if we can apologize and talk about it later that is the important thing.</p><p></p><p>I think I have gotten better at not overreacting but still have a ways to go. It was just so demoralizing when I realized she wasn't going to sail through the teenage years--she wasn't going to be perfect anymore. I felt like I couldn't bear it after what her sister had put me through. But, she really is not her sister and I am optimistic that she will return to being a easy child in a few yrs.</p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 50347, member: 3450"] I was talking to difficult child 2's therapist about this yesterday. I told him that I had had a big fight with her the other day and part of it was triggered by her behaving in a difficult child 1 way and I overreacted. I told him I was unable to "validate" her feelings about something she is disappointed in and I was just too upset to feel bad about her feelings. But I did apologize later and told her I did feel bad about her disappointment (she has attended a creative writing camp the past two summers but can't this summer because she has to do school and we can't afford it). Her therapist said that was more important than the original blowup--he said we are always going to be less than perfect parents but if we can apologize and talk about it later that is the important thing. I think I have gotten better at not overreacting but still have a ways to go. It was just so demoralizing when I realized she wasn't going to sail through the teenage years--she wasn't going to be perfect anymore. I felt like I couldn't bear it after what her sister had put me through. But, she really is not her sister and I am optimistic that she will return to being a easy child in a few yrs. Jane [/QUOTE]
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