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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 213898" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>Marg's comment about how she felt when she first joined certainly struck home with me as well. I think when we all first come to this site we're so desperate for help, feeling very alone, and been told so often things like it's a problem with the family, if you'd just discipline him more etc etc etc etc etc. as if we hadn't already tried every method of discipline in the book - that we become very sensitive to critical remarks, whether real or just interpreted that way. I know that's the way I felt when joining here, so relieved to read posts from parents who's kids were like mine, yet unsure of what would be said about me and my kids, even if anyone would respond at all. </p><p></p><p>Like Marg, being from western Canada and my problems being a lot with how my difficult child was in school, I don't think there was a lot that members could help me with as our school system and health system are different, even slight different from the Ontario members here. And as I don't post a lot, I don't get tons of replies when I do which I understand, people respond more when they get to know you more or resonate more with the problems you're having, but the responses I got were what I needed to help my difficult child. Even seeing that people were reading my posts even if they didn't respond let me know that my "venting" was heard. </p><p></p><p>I don't tend to respond very often when the problems are bipolar, or adhd or something I don't know much about, I don't want to offer advice or thoughts that might be wrong or out of place. I have limited time during the day to read let alone post, but I am sorry if I've missed posting to you when I could have, my bad, and I hope you don't give up on the site. The people are very caring here, and the more we get to know you, the more people will talk to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 213898, member: 1161"] Marg's comment about how she felt when she first joined certainly struck home with me as well. I think when we all first come to this site we're so desperate for help, feeling very alone, and been told so often things like it's a problem with the family, if you'd just discipline him more etc etc etc etc etc. as if we hadn't already tried every method of discipline in the book - that we become very sensitive to critical remarks, whether real or just interpreted that way. I know that's the way I felt when joining here, so relieved to read posts from parents who's kids were like mine, yet unsure of what would be said about me and my kids, even if anyone would respond at all. Like Marg, being from western Canada and my problems being a lot with how my difficult child was in school, I don't think there was a lot that members could help me with as our school system and health system are different, even slight different from the Ontario members here. And as I don't post a lot, I don't get tons of replies when I do which I understand, people respond more when they get to know you more or resonate more with the problems you're having, but the responses I got were what I needed to help my difficult child. Even seeing that people were reading my posts even if they didn't respond let me know that my "venting" was heard. I don't tend to respond very often when the problems are bipolar, or adhd or something I don't know much about, I don't want to offer advice or thoughts that might be wrong or out of place. I have limited time during the day to read let alone post, but I am sorry if I've missed posting to you when I could have, my bad, and I hope you don't give up on the site. The people are very caring here, and the more we get to know you, the more people will talk to you. [/QUOTE]
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