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<blockquote data-quote="Beanner" data-source="post: 719652" data-attributes="member: 22275"><p>So my son went to partial today and yesterday without complaint. I went to my first parent support group meeting a lot of stories sound the same. Today we met with the doctors to discuss medication and I think we have somewhat of a plan for that going forward. I have been reading Love and Logic and I guess I should have read it earlier, but better late than never. One thing I found interesting is when they talk about how children's brain grow/function and how they should be able by my son's age (17) to think abstractly (People in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks) but when I asked my son to think about what that meant he said. Well of course they shouldn't throw bricks, they would break the glass. We have a family session tonight and I would like to ask the therapist her take on that. Anybody here in the same boat? </p><p></p><p>A positive is on the way to the hospital he asked if I wanted to do something with him on Saturday. (He was suppose to go to a festival with his girlfriend). I said "I would love to can she not make it." He said "She cheated on me." So I pushed "mom" voice out of my head and said "I am sorry, that must hurt." I waited and then he said " I don't know what I am going to do yet, I thought I would talk about it in group today." I said, "I think that is a very good idea, I appreciate you sharing this with me, and while you are deciding if I can help in anyway; like listening, go with you somewhere where you can scream or throw water balloons at a target, any thing you can think of I am here." -- Of course after I dropped him off I thought, I wonder if I should have said/did more, asked more questions but I am trying to convince myself that is helicopter mom trying to come out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beanner, post: 719652, member: 22275"] So my son went to partial today and yesterday without complaint. I went to my first parent support group meeting a lot of stories sound the same. Today we met with the doctors to discuss medication and I think we have somewhat of a plan for that going forward. I have been reading Love and Logic and I guess I should have read it earlier, but better late than never. One thing I found interesting is when they talk about how children's brain grow/function and how they should be able by my son's age (17) to think abstractly (People in glass houses shouldn't throw bricks) but when I asked my son to think about what that meant he said. Well of course they shouldn't throw bricks, they would break the glass. We have a family session tonight and I would like to ask the therapist her take on that. Anybody here in the same boat? A positive is on the way to the hospital he asked if I wanted to do something with him on Saturday. (He was suppose to go to a festival with his girlfriend). I said "I would love to can she not make it." He said "She cheated on me." So I pushed "mom" voice out of my head and said "I am sorry, that must hurt." I waited and then he said " I don't know what I am going to do yet, I thought I would talk about it in group today." I said, "I think that is a very good idea, I appreciate you sharing this with me, and while you are deciding if I can help in anyway; like listening, go with you somewhere where you can scream or throw water balloons at a target, any thing you can think of I am here." -- Of course after I dropped him off I thought, I wonder if I should have said/did more, asked more questions but I am trying to convince myself that is helicopter mom trying to come out. [/QUOTE]
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