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<blockquote data-quote="ksm" data-source="post: 602495" data-attributes="member: 12511"><p>I understand your grief... you hurt for your daughter and your grandchildren. I am in a similar situation, but we adopted our granddaughters when they were 5 and 7. Their biomom has big addiction issues and bipolar. My son had situational depression after undergoing spinal fusion surgery at age 28. When the kids ended up in the foster care system, neither parent was able to parent. The oldest daughter has some issuses that I believe are due to alcohol and drug use during the first 5 months of the pregnancy. I don't have a "true diagnosis" of FASD but her behavior sure fits the FASD list. </p><p></p><p>I can't say are people survive this... but they just do. Try to be available to your daughter and son in law. Give them a break once in a while. Tell them how proud you are of all they have done... even if it doesn't look like what most people would call success! They have my admiration! Do the boys act better around you and your husband? Can you take them out for a meal, have them over for dinner? take a short weekend trip? My difficult child seems like a perfect child around others. </p><p></p><p>Good luck and hang in there. KSM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ksm, post: 602495, member: 12511"] I understand your grief... you hurt for your daughter and your grandchildren. I am in a similar situation, but we adopted our granddaughters when they were 5 and 7. Their biomom has big addiction issues and bipolar. My son had situational depression after undergoing spinal fusion surgery at age 28. When the kids ended up in the foster care system, neither parent was able to parent. The oldest daughter has some issuses that I believe are due to alcohol and drug use during the first 5 months of the pregnancy. I don't have a "true diagnosis" of FASD but her behavior sure fits the FASD list. I can't say are people survive this... but they just do. Try to be available to your daughter and son in law. Give them a break once in a while. Tell them how proud you are of all they have done... even if it doesn't look like what most people would call success! They have my admiration! Do the boys act better around you and your husband? Can you take them out for a meal, have them over for dinner? take a short weekend trip? My difficult child seems like a perfect child around others. Good luck and hang in there. KSM [/QUOTE]
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