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Every time difficult child gets a report card, there's an argument
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 640169" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Terry, I have followed your story for a long time. I feel there are very few parents who have done such a wonderful job with such a difficult kid who had and still has so many issues. He has come soooooooooo far and it's due to your parenting, I believe. He is going to make it. He IS making it. He probably won't be a doctor, but, hey, not everyone is college material. Maybe he WILL decide to try a community college one day and move on. I am actually in awe of how well this boy has done, all things considered. </p><p></p><p>His fight with you over grades and teachers and his outburst and even his "I don't feel like part of the family" is kind of typical teen, with the extra ammo of his being adopted and that part coming out. He did feel bad, which is huge. He is not on drugs. He is not so defiant that he is violent if you try to discipline him. He is not on the streets doing dangerous stuff. He drives. He has a job. He is at least passing in his classes. He is graduating. From where he started, I was not sure he would do these things.</p><p></p><p>I feel you are an extremely gifted mother and your son is a very lucky young man, even if he doesn't think so when you push him to be his very best <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 640169, member: 1550"] Terry, I have followed your story for a long time. I feel there are very few parents who have done such a wonderful job with such a difficult kid who had and still has so many issues. He has come soooooooooo far and it's due to your parenting, I believe. He is going to make it. He IS making it. He probably won't be a doctor, but, hey, not everyone is college material. Maybe he WILL decide to try a community college one day and move on. I am actually in awe of how well this boy has done, all things considered. His fight with you over grades and teachers and his outburst and even his "I don't feel like part of the family" is kind of typical teen, with the extra ammo of his being adopted and that part coming out. He did feel bad, which is huge. He is not on drugs. He is not so defiant that he is violent if you try to discipline him. He is not on the streets doing dangerous stuff. He drives. He has a job. He is at least passing in his classes. He is graduating. From where he started, I was not sure he would do these things. I feel you are an extremely gifted mother and your son is a very lucky young man, even if he doesn't think so when you push him to be his very best ;) [/QUOTE]
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