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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 58744" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>Do NOT be surprised if one day this boy describes this trip as something wonderful and he got to do it with his DAD. Someday he will show appreciation for this trip - maybe not to you, but I am guessing you will at least get to overhear it. </p><p></p><p>I do think you should stop trying. I am glad you learned that from this trip. It was valuable for that realization, in my humble opinion. </p><p></p><p>Just go about making your own life happy. His will come in time. Continue to try to teach the basics of adulthood - banking, car maintenance, keeping a job, etc. How life works. He may not get it now - but you bet your butt your words will be the ones echoing in his brain later in life. </p><p></p><p>You are a good dad - you have just entered a different phase of parenting this child. Perhaps with less emotion - which I gather is not your comfort level. Sometimes we have to step out of what we know to be the best parents we can be. Kids sometimes determine how we should parent them. I am sure each of your children is different and requires different ways of parenting. This is another example of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 58744, member: 391"] Do NOT be surprised if one day this boy describes this trip as something wonderful and he got to do it with his DAD. Someday he will show appreciation for this trip - maybe not to you, but I am guessing you will at least get to overhear it. I do think you should stop trying. I am glad you learned that from this trip. It was valuable for that realization, in my humble opinion. Just go about making your own life happy. His will come in time. Continue to try to teach the basics of adulthood - banking, car maintenance, keeping a job, etc. How life works. He may not get it now - but you bet your butt your words will be the ones echoing in his brain later in life. You are a good dad - you have just entered a different phase of parenting this child. Perhaps with less emotion - which I gather is not your comfort level. Sometimes we have to step out of what we know to be the best parents we can be. Kids sometimes determine how we should parent them. I am sure each of your children is different and requires different ways of parenting. This is another example of that. [/QUOTE]
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