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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 42154" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>WFEN,I know most of us have gone through this period. We just are so worn from raising a difficult child that anything a easy child does or their pp makes it all the more obvious how much harder it is to raise a difficult child.</p><p>I don't think being aware that there is a thread of frustration and resentment is a bad thing. You just have to accept your anger, sadness and embarrassment then move on.</p><p></p><p>The one thing we have learned is that pp's and easy child's(even our own) always have an issue or two to deal with. It may not be as evident or as chronic as our particular difficult child but they have something. The grass isn't necessarily greener.</p><p></p><p>Mother's Day is a struggle for many. I tend to think of it as just a day. I hope to get some acknowledgement from my husband and kids but if they don't treat me well all year, a card on a specific day doesn't really do it for me.</p><p></p><p>Still it doesn't seem fair that our kids need to struggle so hard to just do what is average and it doesn't seem fair that our work as parents is so much more intense than average. Yet this is so.</p><p></p><p>Time has a way of softening the edges a bit and allowing more acceptance.</p><p>Hope you have a difficult child free day and all of those around you let you recharge and give you some healthy acknowledgement of your hard work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 42154, member: 3"] WFEN,I know most of us have gone through this period. We just are so worn from raising a difficult child that anything a easy child does or their pp makes it all the more obvious how much harder it is to raise a difficult child. I don't think being aware that there is a thread of frustration and resentment is a bad thing. You just have to accept your anger, sadness and embarrassment then move on. The one thing we have learned is that pp's and easy child's(even our own) always have an issue or two to deal with. It may not be as evident or as chronic as our particular difficult child but they have something. The grass isn't necessarily greener. Mother's Day is a struggle for many. I tend to think of it as just a day. I hope to get some acknowledgement from my husband and kids but if they don't treat me well all year, a card on a specific day doesn't really do it for me. Still it doesn't seem fair that our kids need to struggle so hard to just do what is average and it doesn't seem fair that our work as parents is so much more intense than average. Yet this is so. Time has a way of softening the edges a bit and allowing more acceptance. Hope you have a difficult child free day and all of those around you let you recharge and give you some healthy acknowledgement of your hard work. [/QUOTE]
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