I had the overwhelming need to "fix" difficult child way back when. Then quickly realized that he doesn't need fixing...I needed "tweaking". Had to learn a different way of handling him. Out of the main. husband .. well, forget that. Just wish I had support.
Some of those comments seem familiar, from what I hear from people who have the perfect kids. Who have absolutely no idea how hard our days are.
I grew up in a house where it was just like "archie bunker". dinner on the table, house clean. We were not involved in community activities, just went with the flow. however family wise, we had a summer home, paper route in the summer, and we delivered on motorcycle. If they didn't like us riding on their lawn to get them the paper...then they could drive to town to get one. Very few objected. In the winter we would go up north snow skiing. Back then it just was something we did. Didn't appreciate how nice we had it. Wonder if difficult child will appreciate all we do someday???
