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Letter to my son
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 614361" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Scott is right. My difficult child threatened over and over that she would kill herself if we ever kicked her out. Ironically, it took her heroin overdose to give us the strength to finally do it and it saved her life. Once she knew we were serious that she would never live here again, she finally participated in a three month residential treatment program and has gotten a full time job and is taking care of herself.</p><p></p><p>I compare it with dog training (LOL). There is something called an extinction burst that dogs do when they are trying to get you to do something or give them something that they want. They will rachet up the response (jumping, barking) until they become frantic and then once they realize they are not going to get it they give up and calm down. That is exactly what my difficult child does.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 614361, member: 1967"] Scott is right. My difficult child threatened over and over that she would kill herself if we ever kicked her out. Ironically, it took her heroin overdose to give us the strength to finally do it and it saved her life. Once she knew we were serious that she would never live here again, she finally participated in a three month residential treatment program and has gotten a full time job and is taking care of herself. I compare it with dog training (LOL). There is something called an extinction burst that dogs do when they are trying to get you to do something or give them something that they want. They will rachet up the response (jumping, barking) until they become frantic and then once they realize they are not going to get it they give up and calm down. That is exactly what my difficult child does. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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