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I'm so sick of the F word ... and life
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 362949" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I could be way off base here- Lord knows it wouldn't be the first time- so take this for what it's worth. in my humble opinion, some of this is what boys go thru at this age group when they push away the "MOM image" as they establish their own masculinity. My son has been going thru it a couple of years and I've heard about it plenty from parents (fathers and mothers) of both easy child's and difficult child's. The entire dynamics in the household changes and I'm not sure parents can stop it. I've been reading your threads, although not posting too much, and it appears to me that it's the unsettled dynamics in your household- mainly difficult child and husband being "the men of the house" and you are kind of being squeezed into the role of almost a sibling instead of the mother- albeit I am sure this is not intentional on your husband's part. I think your husband is just trying to keep peace. Your difficult child is just doing what typical difficult child boys of this age do. You are trying to maintain sanity at this point. I can relate. But honestly, in my humble opinion, if you could find a GOOD family therapist who didn't just do the typical stuff, it might be more beneficial than sending difficult child somewhere else. I can tell you from firsthand experience that the more the parent/child bond is distanced, the less likely you will be to ever influence your child.</p><p></p><p>That's just my 2 cents and it might not be the most popular one. LOL!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 362949, member: 3699"] I could be way off base here- Lord knows it wouldn't be the first time- so take this for what it's worth. in my humble opinion, some of this is what boys go thru at this age group when they push away the "MOM image" as they establish their own masculinity. My son has been going thru it a couple of years and I've heard about it plenty from parents (fathers and mothers) of both easy child's and difficult child's. The entire dynamics in the household changes and I'm not sure parents can stop it. I've been reading your threads, although not posting too much, and it appears to me that it's the unsettled dynamics in your household- mainly difficult child and husband being "the men of the house" and you are kind of being squeezed into the role of almost a sibling instead of the mother- albeit I am sure this is not intentional on your husband's part. I think your husband is just trying to keep peace. Your difficult child is just doing what typical difficult child boys of this age do. You are trying to maintain sanity at this point. I can relate. But honestly, in my humble opinion, if you could find a GOOD family therapist who didn't just do the typical stuff, it might be more beneficial than sending difficult child somewhere else. I can tell you from firsthand experience that the more the parent/child bond is distanced, the less likely you will be to ever influence your child. That's just my 2 cents and it might not be the most popular one. LOL! [/QUOTE]
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