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I told my son to leave again. After 24 hours. What am I doing wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="pasajes4" data-source="post: 660583" data-attributes="member: 12856"><p>It is about us. It is how we feel about the way they choose to live their lives. It is our feelings, hopes, dreams for their lives. We can never know how they really think or feel. They are capable of living the life we want for them, but it is not their path.</p><p></p><p>There is a young man who lives around the corner from me. He was in a horrible accident when he was an adolescent. He suffered a great deal of brain damage. He could have let that stop him. He could have very easily taken up drugs or drinking. He works 2 jobs. He rides his bike everywhere he goes. He is sweet and kind to everyone he meets. He struggles mentally and emotionally. He rises above it daily and lives as close to a normal life as he can. He does it because he chooses to. Our kiddos do not choose to do so.</p><p></p><p>I need to remind myself to not project my fears and my wishes on my kiddo. It only hurts me and drives a wedge between us. I don't have to like his choices, or live with them. I just need to respect his right to decide his fate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pasajes4, post: 660583, member: 12856"] It is about us. It is how we feel about the way they choose to live their lives. It is our feelings, hopes, dreams for their lives. We can never know how they really think or feel. They are capable of living the life we want for them, but it is not their path. There is a young man who lives around the corner from me. He was in a horrible accident when he was an adolescent. He suffered a great deal of brain damage. He could have let that stop him. He could have very easily taken up drugs or drinking. He works 2 jobs. He rides his bike everywhere he goes. He is sweet and kind to everyone he meets. He struggles mentally and emotionally. He rises above it daily and lives as close to a normal life as he can. He does it because he chooses to. Our kiddos do not choose to do so. I need to remind myself to not project my fears and my wishes on my kiddo. It only hurts me and drives a wedge between us. I don't have to like his choices, or live with them. I just need to respect his right to decide his fate. [/QUOTE]
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