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How much having a difficult child influences on how you parent your PCs? (Joy being typical teen brat)
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<blockquote data-quote="Methuselah" data-source="post: 537877" data-attributes="member: 12725"><p>I have two difficult children, one typical teen and one fledgling typical teen. </p><p></p><p>My tool for distinguishing the difficult child vs. typical teen is their heart. Is their heart good? Can they (eventually) acknowledge they did something wrong? Are they able to feel badly about it? Can they feel shame, guilt and remorse? Can they empathize with others? If they can do those things, you can help them learn and grow. </p><p></p><p>My difficult children fail on all of those. I believe they are psychopaths. :-(((((</p><p></p><p>Screamo is an excellent example of a typical teen. He does and says stupid things, but his heart is good. When caught up in the moment, his emotions and passions rule his decisions, but once he calms down, he can see the error of his ways. Change is slow with him, but it happens. He is a good person who will do stupid things. I know, with time, he will mature and he will learn to not jump right in the pile of stupidity but will learn to spot it and step around it. I don't believe my girls will ever change. They just hone their skills.&#8230;</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Methuselah, post: 537877, member: 12725"] I have two difficult children, one typical teen and one fledgling typical teen. My tool for distinguishing the difficult child vs. typical teen is their heart. Is their heart good? Can they (eventually) acknowledge they did something wrong? Are they able to feel badly about it? Can they feel shame, guilt and remorse? Can they empathize with others? If they can do those things, you can help them learn and grow. My difficult children fail on all of those. I believe they are psychopaths. :-((((( Screamo is an excellent example of a typical teen. He does and says stupid things, but his heart is good. When caught up in the moment, his emotions and passions rule his decisions, but once he calms down, he can see the error of his ways. Change is slow with him, but it happens. He is a good person who will do stupid things. I know, with time, he will mature and he will learn to not jump right in the pile of stupidity but will learn to spot it and step around it. I don't believe my girls will ever change. They just hone their skills.… [/QUOTE]
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