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hard on my difficult child?!?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="busywend" data-source="post: 69770" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>I heard it all. I was too hard on her. I expected too much. I was too easy on her. I was not consistent enough. I took too much away when I punished. I should not make the punishments for so long. I should make the punishments longer. I was too patient. I was not patient enough. </p><p></p><p>Yes, I was all those things at one time - BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WORKED!!! None of those parenting techniques helped my difficult child learn what I was trying to teach her. I gave every single technique a fair amount of time and to please a few counselors, tried several of them more than once so they would believe me that I had already tried that and it did not work. </p><p></p><p>You sit down and think of all the things you have done to try to teach your difficult child the life lessons he needs. Have you not tried something? If not, then try it. If you have exhausted all options, then you must come to peace with the fact that you have tried it all. If you think of something new - try it. If you think maybe something you tried a year ago may work now - try it again. You should know in your heart you have done your best when they move out. That is all that you can ask of yourself. </p><p></p><p>How cares what the outsiders think? They do not get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busywend, post: 69770, member: 391"] I heard it all. I was too hard on her. I expected too much. I was too easy on her. I was not consistent enough. I took too much away when I punished. I should not make the punishments for so long. I should make the punishments longer. I was too patient. I was not patient enough. Yes, I was all those things at one time - BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WORKED!!! None of those parenting techniques helped my difficult child learn what I was trying to teach her. I gave every single technique a fair amount of time and to please a few counselors, tried several of them more than once so they would believe me that I had already tried that and it did not work. You sit down and think of all the things you have done to try to teach your difficult child the life lessons he needs. Have you not tried something? If not, then try it. If you have exhausted all options, then you must come to peace with the fact that you have tried it all. If you think of something new - try it. If you think maybe something you tried a year ago may work now - try it again. You should know in your heart you have done your best when they move out. That is all that you can ask of yourself. How cares what the outsiders think? They do not get it. [/QUOTE]
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