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How Older difficult child's Cope With boyfriend/girlfriend Breakups?
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<blockquote data-quote="bystander" data-source="post: 40108" data-attributes="member: 3614"><p>JoG - thank you <em>ever so much </em>for your reply. I found it most helpful!</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, I know what the typical age-appropriate pitfalls are ... but adjusting to the difficult child stuff takes quite more than the typical parental effort as you well know.</p><p></p><p><strong>I</strong> recall being like your daughter's boyfriend in that I <em>needed to know </em>the reason why I was broken up with! I did not torment though like her boyfriend - it just ruined my self-esteem for a while.</p><p></p><p>Part of my reaction may have been exactly what you eluded to. My mother <em>always</em> over-reacted to things and also went out of her way to absorb punches I <em>should</em> have taken and brushed away. It was my husband who straightened out my view of things - and we do exactly what you describe about facing tough situations in a calmer way. It worries me though that DS's not catching on to that as fast as the easy child's seemed to. Perhaps because he's a boy and he's only 6; perhaps it is part of the difficult child thing ... I still worry about it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bystander, post: 40108, member: 3614"] JoG - thank you [i]ever so much [/i]for your reply. I found it most helpful! Fortunately, I know what the typical age-appropriate pitfalls are ... but adjusting to the difficult child stuff takes quite more than the typical parental effort as you well know. [b]I[/b] recall being like your daughter's boyfriend in that I [i]needed to know [/i]the reason why I was broken up with! I did not torment though like her boyfriend - it just ruined my self-esteem for a while. Part of my reaction may have been exactly what you eluded to. My mother [i]always[/i] over-reacted to things and also went out of her way to absorb punches I [i]should[/i] have taken and brushed away. It was my husband who straightened out my view of things - and we do exactly what you describe about facing tough situations in a calmer way. It worries me though that DS's not catching on to that as fast as the easy child's seemed to. Perhaps because he's a boy and he's only 6; perhaps it is part of the difficult child thing ... I still worry about it. Thanks again - [/QUOTE]
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