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I met a man today who lost a difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 68965" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>He sounds like a man with alot of wisdom.</p><p></p><p>I attempt to emmulate my grandmother. </p><p></p><p>As each child (7) reached adulthood she told them they were now grown up and it was time to leave the nest and make their own way. They weren't allowed to come back, borrow money, or expect her to help them. She had spent 18 yrs teaching them the right way and how to be independent.</p><p></p><p>When the last child left, my grandmother found herself a tiny efficiency apartment. Even if they wanted, there was no room for kids to return home.</p><p></p><p>My grandma raised 7 kids alone on a shoestring and a prayer, working 2 fulltime jobs. Four of them were serious difficult children. Her estranged husband was a psychopathic schizophrenic who delighted in making her life misery. (she refused to divorce him so he couldn't marry another woman and put her through the same torture/control, but stayed legally seperated)</p><p></p><p>I grew up with grandma. I never her utter a single smidgen of advice, unless begged for. She never offered an opinion on how her kids lived, never loaned out a penny, and would laugh at being asked to get one of them out of trouble. But she did do an awful lot of smiling as she stood by her word.</p><p></p><p>She enjoyed her later years.</p><p></p><p>I still have two to push from the nest. But I'm getting there. I've already discussed with husband about getting a MUCH smaller house, one that doesn't have room for difficult children to ask to come back to live.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 68965, member: 84"] He sounds like a man with alot of wisdom. I attempt to emmulate my grandmother. As each child (7) reached adulthood she told them they were now grown up and it was time to leave the nest and make their own way. They weren't allowed to come back, borrow money, or expect her to help them. She had spent 18 yrs teaching them the right way and how to be independent. When the last child left, my grandmother found herself a tiny efficiency apartment. Even if they wanted, there was no room for kids to return home. My grandma raised 7 kids alone on a shoestring and a prayer, working 2 fulltime jobs. Four of them were serious difficult children. Her estranged husband was a psychopathic schizophrenic who delighted in making her life misery. (she refused to divorce him so he couldn't marry another woman and put her through the same torture/control, but stayed legally seperated) I grew up with grandma. I never her utter a single smidgen of advice, unless begged for. She never offered an opinion on how her kids lived, never loaned out a penny, and would laugh at being asked to get one of them out of trouble. But she did do an awful lot of smiling as she stood by her word. She enjoyed her later years. I still have two to push from the nest. But I'm getting there. I've already discussed with husband about getting a MUCH smaller house, one that doesn't have room for difficult children to ask to come back to live. [/QUOTE]
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