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has your difficult child learned perspective taking skills/abilities?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 413803" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Cory is very limited in this department. I think it is related to one of the personality disorders. I dont know though because I am extremely empathetic. I can see other people's perspectives but maybe that is something I have learned over time. I cannot remember if I was able to do it in my teen years or not. It is quite hard to go back and look back at yourself that way. </p><p></p><p>Several examples with Cory: When he stole my money, he did it because he was ticked off and he wanted money then. He knew I had just received a lump sum award from disability, he knew I had made some purchases and I had actually paid his brother off on a car that we had allowed him to sell to Cory but that Cory never paid for but Jamie had to keep paying for. Cory actually wrecked the car and it was junked. So here was Jamie still paying for a car that was crushed and I paid the loan off. That irritated Cory that Jamie "got" money and he didnt when really, Jamie wasnt getting the money, the bank was. Cory just couldnt see it that way. So while I was up helping Jamie with his new baby, Cory stole checks and forged my name and took some money from me.</p><p></p><p>Another example...this time current. Cory walked into my bedroom today and said something about living conditions or some such topic. I told him well at least you arent in Japan. He was like huh? What does Japan have to do with anything. He hadnt heard anything about Japan at all. He obviously doesnt watch the news at all or listen to anything other than rap music. Obviously they dont even break in with a news story! I cant figure out how you can miss what has happened in Japan unless you are in a coma myself but he has. So I explained it to him. He could not have cared less.</p><p></p><p>He was all like...what does that have to do with me? I tried to explain global economies and whatnot and even the fact that people should give a darn about the suffering of people outside of one's circle of home boy's. That went over like a lead balloon. He didnt get it a bit. I might as well have been talking to my dog.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 413803, member: 1514"] Cory is very limited in this department. I think it is related to one of the personality disorders. I dont know though because I am extremely empathetic. I can see other people's perspectives but maybe that is something I have learned over time. I cannot remember if I was able to do it in my teen years or not. It is quite hard to go back and look back at yourself that way. Several examples with Cory: When he stole my money, he did it because he was ticked off and he wanted money then. He knew I had just received a lump sum award from disability, he knew I had made some purchases and I had actually paid his brother off on a car that we had allowed him to sell to Cory but that Cory never paid for but Jamie had to keep paying for. Cory actually wrecked the car and it was junked. So here was Jamie still paying for a car that was crushed and I paid the loan off. That irritated Cory that Jamie "got" money and he didnt when really, Jamie wasnt getting the money, the bank was. Cory just couldnt see it that way. So while I was up helping Jamie with his new baby, Cory stole checks and forged my name and took some money from me. Another example...this time current. Cory walked into my bedroom today and said something about living conditions or some such topic. I told him well at least you arent in Japan. He was like huh? What does Japan have to do with anything. He hadnt heard anything about Japan at all. He obviously doesnt watch the news at all or listen to anything other than rap music. Obviously they dont even break in with a news story! I cant figure out how you can miss what has happened in Japan unless you are in a coma myself but he has. So I explained it to him. He could not have cared less. He was all like...what does that have to do with me? I tried to explain global economies and whatnot and even the fact that people should give a darn about the suffering of people outside of one's circle of home boy's. That went over like a lead balloon. He didnt get it a bit. I might as well have been talking to my dog. [/QUOTE]
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