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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 284764" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: royalblue">Jen, I too have brought my easy child to counselors over the years (I thought she needed help dealing with stuff surrounding difficult child, divorce, etc) and she would just sit there with this look on her face that said, "Okay, so here we are. Now what?"</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: royalblue">I figure that one day she will be ready to talk and it needs to be in her own time. Once I stopped trying to get her to talk, she seemed more open to discussions on a general level, which often offered me the opportunity to talk about some issues that I thought were important or pertinent to her and our relationship. It was like always keeping one ear cocked and ready, waiting for the opportunity, you know? </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: royalblue">Perhaps in time, your daughter will simmer down, with school ending, etc., you may be able to find some time to spend a day together and keep things lite. It's difficult as a parent to take a step back and not try to 'get to the bottom' of a situation like this, but I think that you have to. The more you try to get her to open up or talk about it, the more likely she will be to clam up. Hugs, Jen. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 284764, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]Jen, I too have brought my easy child to counselors over the years (I thought she needed help dealing with stuff surrounding difficult child, divorce, etc) and she would just sit there with this look on her face that said, "Okay, so here we are. Now what?"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]I figure that one day she will be ready to talk and it needs to be in her own time. Once I stopped trying to get her to talk, she seemed more open to discussions on a general level, which often offered me the opportunity to talk about some issues that I thought were important or pertinent to her and our relationship. It was like always keeping one ear cocked and ready, waiting for the opportunity, you know? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]Perhaps in time, your daughter will simmer down, with school ending, etc., you may be able to find some time to spend a day together and keep things lite. It's difficult as a parent to take a step back and not try to 'get to the bottom' of a situation like this, but I think that you have to. The more you try to get her to open up or talk about it, the more likely she will be to clam up. Hugs, Jen. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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