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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 139875" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Michele, I go to support gatherings of other parents with kids like mine. I don't take my kids to support gatherings of other kids with mood disorders. My kids want, above all else, to be like everyone else. So we work on their issues -- and talk about them openly at home -- but we also try to have them participate in as many normal everyday childhood activities as possible. </p><p> </p><p>For example, my two older children have had Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. We scaled down the requirements of my son's Bar Mitzvah so it wasn't overwhelming to him. But we did it nonetheless because we didn't want him to say someday that his disability prevented him from participating in a rite of passage for a Jewish boy.</p><p> </p><p>In spite of her challenges, my daughter played on her middle school soccer team last fall, ran for 7th grade class president and won (!) and plays the piano in recitals. We have worked very hard over the last few years to help her function at the highest level possible for her. </p><p> </p><p>I don't know if I'm making sense or hitting directly on your concerns, but I think you need to figure out ways to help your difficult child function to the best of his abilities regardless of whatever diagnosis he eventually ends up with. Is he getting interventions in school as well as what you're pursuing privately?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 139875, member: 2423"] Michele, I go to support gatherings of other parents with kids like mine. I don't take my kids to support gatherings of other kids with mood disorders. My kids want, above all else, to be like everyone else. So we work on their issues -- and talk about them openly at home -- but we also try to have them participate in as many normal everyday childhood activities as possible. For example, my two older children have had Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. We scaled down the requirements of my son's Bar Mitzvah so it wasn't overwhelming to him. But we did it nonetheless because we didn't want him to say someday that his disability prevented him from participating in a rite of passage for a Jewish boy. In spite of her challenges, my daughter played on her middle school soccer team last fall, ran for 7th grade class president and won (!) and plays the piano in recitals. We have worked very hard over the last few years to help her function at the highest level possible for her. I don't know if I'm making sense or hitting directly on your concerns, but I think you need to figure out ways to help your difficult child function to the best of his abilities regardless of whatever diagnosis he eventually ends up with. Is he getting interventions in school as well as what you're pursuing privately? [/QUOTE]
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