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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: 442711"><p>Interesting. I wonder if it is really laziness or an inability to figure out what to do or how to do it. My son when he was 12 really really wanted to get certified in scuba diving. He and my husband took the class together. They had the book etc. and my son came home and studied it, I mean really studied it and of course passed the test. This was something he wanted and so he did the work for it. Also while he was at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) he was at, we were told he was the workhorse of the group. They all felt he had a great work ethic.....??? we were happy and surprised at that. He never showed that at home!!! Now he has a job and the little I hear he is doing a good job and I am sure he is working hard. Yet I think he gets lost when he has to take initiative in things he is unsure about etc... yet given direction in something HE wants to do he does great. Now he is oppositional and is not great when it is somethng he does not want to do... and i certainly think pot smoking saps any motivation you have... but I do believe if he could find a path he really wanted he would be motivated and would work hard at it. I just think most difficult children have multiple issues that make them unable or unwilling to do the things most healthy teens do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 442711"] Interesting. I wonder if it is really laziness or an inability to figure out what to do or how to do it. My son when he was 12 really really wanted to get certified in scuba diving. He and my husband took the class together. They had the book etc. and my son came home and studied it, I mean really studied it and of course passed the test. This was something he wanted and so he did the work for it. Also while he was at the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) he was at, we were told he was the workhorse of the group. They all felt he had a great work ethic.....??? we were happy and surprised at that. He never showed that at home!!! Now he has a job and the little I hear he is doing a good job and I am sure he is working hard. Yet I think he gets lost when he has to take initiative in things he is unsure about etc... yet given direction in something HE wants to do he does great. Now he is oppositional and is not great when it is somethng he does not want to do... and i certainly think pot smoking saps any motivation you have... but I do believe if he could find a path he really wanted he would be motivated and would work hard at it. I just think most difficult children have multiple issues that make them unable or unwilling to do the things most healthy teens do. [/QUOTE]
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