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I don't know what I am doing...is it right?
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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 442615"><p>Dash I didn't think you sounded snarky... a really good idea actually. I had similar thoughts about my easy child daughter this summer. She has a two week volunteer job and we are going away for 3 weeks but otherwise she has way too much free time and I was getting anxious about thinking about home just hanging out watching tv etc. I have to watch my anxiety because i go to this place where I get scared that she will somehow follow the path of my difficult child.... and she is a different kid and so so different in so many ways. Anyway I thought of giving her a list of jobs to do around the house since she was home.Well you know what, and here lies the difference, she has decided she wants to take over difficult children room because it is a much nicer larger room. This really makes sense and so we said yes.... so she has started cleaning it out (and since husband and I have a bunch of stuff in there too we need to clear our stuff out), and is looking at paint. She is planning on fixing the wholes in the walls and painting it herself. She did this with her other room so I know she can totally do it. So this is what a healthy teenager with good self esteem does, she had all this free time and she came up with her own project to keep herself busy... plus various healthy social activities. This never happened with my difficult child and still doesn't but thankfully he is not living at home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 442615"] Dash I didn't think you sounded snarky... a really good idea actually. I had similar thoughts about my easy child daughter this summer. She has a two week volunteer job and we are going away for 3 weeks but otherwise she has way too much free time and I was getting anxious about thinking about home just hanging out watching tv etc. I have to watch my anxiety because i go to this place where I get scared that she will somehow follow the path of my difficult child.... and she is a different kid and so so different in so many ways. Anyway I thought of giving her a list of jobs to do around the house since she was home.Well you know what, and here lies the difference, she has decided she wants to take over difficult children room because it is a much nicer larger room. This really makes sense and so we said yes.... so she has started cleaning it out (and since husband and I have a bunch of stuff in there too we need to clear our stuff out), and is looking at paint. She is planning on fixing the wholes in the walls and painting it herself. She did this with her other room so I know she can totally do it. So this is what a healthy teenager with good self esteem does, she had all this free time and she came up with her own project to keep herself busy... plus various healthy social activities. This never happened with my difficult child and still doesn't but thankfully he is not living at home. [/QUOTE]
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