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Had a very traumatic day today with difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 632766" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Keep your focus on her good qualities. Try to pull those out whenever possible. Remind her of what makes you proud when you get a chance.</p><p></p><p>With Diva, I was constantly encouraging her to be herself. To look at her choices and decide if she really wanted to follow the path of the choice she chose. I did not demand she do things my way or make the choices I knew was best because I knew deep down she wanted to make good choices. If I give her the power to decide how her life would go, she would eventually make it through. If I demanded she make a certain choice then she would purposely go the opposite as a way of rebelling. I wanted her to look at where she wanted to go regardless of what I thought. It is a gamble yet I saw her potential and felt for her sake that was the way to go. I think it has worked out well unless she is hiding stuff from me?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 632766, member: 5096"] Keep your focus on her good qualities. Try to pull those out whenever possible. Remind her of what makes you proud when you get a chance. With Diva, I was constantly encouraging her to be herself. To look at her choices and decide if she really wanted to follow the path of the choice she chose. I did not demand she do things my way or make the choices I knew was best because I knew deep down she wanted to make good choices. If I give her the power to decide how her life would go, she would eventually make it through. If I demanded she make a certain choice then she would purposely go the opposite as a way of rebelling. I wanted her to look at where she wanted to go regardless of what I thought. It is a gamble yet I saw her potential and felt for her sake that was the way to go. I think it has worked out well unless she is hiding stuff from me? [/QUOTE]
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