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How much do your difficult children know about being a difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 539497"><p>Even though difficult child 1 is a teenager, emotionally he's not yet. I explain things in very simple terms so as not to make him feel bad about himself or that something is "wrong" with him. I put it in terms of things that are "harder" for him and that the doctors have been to help figure out why that is and why he acts the way he does sometimes. He hates the meltdowns and is very hard on himself afterwards. Telling him some of the "symptoms" of his diagnosis and that it's not bad and that now that we know what's really going on, the medications are to help so he doesn't get into trouble all the time (school, law enforcement, etc). I haven't told him his specific diagnosis but rather how there's a reason behind it and that I will always be there to help him with the things he struggles with.</p><p></p><p>As for reading the books, I read them in my bed at night after they're sleeping or even when they are busy doing other things and not even realizing I'm reading anything. Those titles would freak difficult child 1 out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 539497"] Even though difficult child 1 is a teenager, emotionally he's not yet. I explain things in very simple terms so as not to make him feel bad about himself or that something is "wrong" with him. I put it in terms of things that are "harder" for him and that the doctors have been to help figure out why that is and why he acts the way he does sometimes. He hates the meltdowns and is very hard on himself afterwards. Telling him some of the "symptoms" of his diagnosis and that it's not bad and that now that we know what's really going on, the medications are to help so he doesn't get into trouble all the time (school, law enforcement, etc). I haven't told him his specific diagnosis but rather how there's a reason behind it and that I will always be there to help him with the things he struggles with. As for reading the books, I read them in my bed at night after they're sleeping or even when they are busy doing other things and not even realizing I'm reading anything. Those titles would freak difficult child 1 out. [/QUOTE]
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