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Is this difficult child territory?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 654875" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>While I do think you need to point out genetics to him, I suspect you'll also need to make it clear you understand he's his own person. I only have one kid, so I haven't actually done it...but my understanding is comparing him to his brother would backfire. My first impulse would be to say, "We've been thru this once." or "We don't want to see this happen again.", but I understand that tends to make kids defensive, "I'M NOT Difficult Child!" would be the normal reaction. So I'm not sure how to approach it. Do you have an ALANON group or something you can ask?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 654875, member: 17309"] While I do think you need to point out genetics to him, I suspect you'll also need to make it clear you understand he's his own person. I only have one kid, so I haven't actually done it...but my understanding is comparing him to his brother would backfire. My first impulse would be to say, "We've been thru this once." or "We don't want to see this happen again.", but I understand that tends to make kids defensive, "I'M NOT Difficult Child!" would be the normal reaction. So I'm not sure how to approach it. Do you have an ALANON group or something you can ask? [/QUOTE]
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