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Justin Home Visit - I feel Strange - Unclear
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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 136102" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>You know, David....and take this with a grain of salt because I have never experienced a child in Residential Treatment Center (RTC)...but when I read your post, I read "approaching normal teen".</p><p> </p><p>He didn't WANT to make cornbread, but he did.</p><p> </p><p>He WANTED the boots you said no to, and he handled it. </p><p> </p><p>The guitar? A thanks would have been nice, but there's plenty of teen boys who would forget.</p><p> </p><p>His visits home have been special treats for you. They've gone well and you end the day happy/satisfied/grateful. Those aren't generally the feelings you end every typical day with. I don't mean that your days are blue and unhappy, they just aren't feelings you're identifying at the end of a typical day with a typical teen. YOu just don't crawl in bed at night every night going "what a wonderful day this was, my kid didn't argue, he didn't fuss, he didn't hit me" etc etc etc. Typical people crawl in bed at the end of a typical day and think "I'm tired. I need to pay the water bill tomorrow."</p><p> </p><p>So I may be WAY off base here, and I hope others will come along with more ideas, but that's my .02. Maybe there's some "typical-ness" heading to your house.</p><p> </p><p>And sorry about ma. What a bummer that she can't see her relationship changing with her grandson AS IT SHOULD BE. Hopefully she gets on board soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 136102, member: 1848"] You know, David....and take this with a grain of salt because I have never experienced a child in Residential Treatment Center (RTC)...but when I read your post, I read "approaching normal teen". He didn't WANT to make cornbread, but he did. He WANTED the boots you said no to, and he handled it. The guitar? A thanks would have been nice, but there's plenty of teen boys who would forget. His visits home have been special treats for you. They've gone well and you end the day happy/satisfied/grateful. Those aren't generally the feelings you end every typical day with. I don't mean that your days are blue and unhappy, they just aren't feelings you're identifying at the end of a typical day with a typical teen. YOu just don't crawl in bed at night every night going "what a wonderful day this was, my kid didn't argue, he didn't fuss, he didn't hit me" etc etc etc. Typical people crawl in bed at the end of a typical day and think "I'm tired. I need to pay the water bill tomorrow." So I may be WAY off base here, and I hope others will come along with more ideas, but that's my .02. Maybe there's some "typical-ness" heading to your house. And sorry about ma. What a bummer that she can't see her relationship changing with her grandson AS IT SHOULD BE. Hopefully she gets on board soon. [/QUOTE]
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