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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 503481" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You have gotten great advice. I don't know that having Daddy be out of town is a great decision. It might be easier on him to think that Daddy is in "time out". </p><p></p><p>There is a reason behind my saying this.</p><p></p><p>When I was a toddler there was a family we were super close to. Their dad worked nights so he was home during the day. My dad taught all day and wasn't home much because he also worked a second job. One day when bro was about 3 or 4 the neighbor called my mom down to see what he was doing. He was sitting in the swing singing about how his Daddy didn't love him. He thought that because our dad worked so much and their dad was home all day and it meant that our did didn't love us and their did love them. Never mind that every other dad on the street worked all day. </p><p></p><p>I really think that some of it is that he thinks that Daddy is CHOOSING to not be with him. Not all, cause there is other stuff going on and experiencing the chaos of life with difficult child is hard on a kid too. But it is something to think about. </p><p></p><p> I really think talking to a therapist and using the methods to talk about it that TeDo suggested will be a big help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 503481, member: 1233"] You have gotten great advice. I don't know that having Daddy be out of town is a great decision. It might be easier on him to think that Daddy is in "time out". There is a reason behind my saying this. When I was a toddler there was a family we were super close to. Their dad worked nights so he was home during the day. My dad taught all day and wasn't home much because he also worked a second job. One day when bro was about 3 or 4 the neighbor called my mom down to see what he was doing. He was sitting in the swing singing about how his Daddy didn't love him. He thought that because our dad worked so much and their dad was home all day and it meant that our did didn't love us and their did love them. Never mind that every other dad on the street worked all day. I really think that some of it is that he thinks that Daddy is CHOOSING to not be with him. Not all, cause there is other stuff going on and experiencing the chaos of life with difficult child is hard on a kid too. But it is something to think about. I really think talking to a therapist and using the methods to talk about it that TeDo suggested will be a big help. [/QUOTE]
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