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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 171577" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">{{{stands}}} I think it's totally normal to secone guess how we parented our children; what would we have done differently? were our reactions within bounds? did we make too much of a small thing? etc...</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I think it's important to remember that YOU were not the sole influence in your son's life. He was exposed to various people over the course of his life and so he's been shown on many levels and in many ways the difference between right and wrong, normal and not normal, acceptable and unacceptable behaviors. Anxiety/ADHD/ADD/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), etc., are not the only deciding factors in our children's outcome. Nor is our parenting, good or bad. Think about a person you've read about or met who grew up in a dire, even scary, situation and yet, they persevered and grew up into a responsible, creative, curious, hard working adult. Against all odds, perhaps, they didn't become an addict or a thief. Then turn that around - </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I firmly believe that there is never ever one deciding factor in how our kiddos turn out. It is what it is, and we do the best we can with what we know. You've done your best and the rest is up to your son.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 171577, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]{{{stands}}} I think it's totally normal to secone guess how we parented our children; what would we have done differently? were our reactions within bounds? did we make too much of a small thing? etc...[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I think it's important to remember that YOU were not the sole influence in your son's life. He was exposed to various people over the course of his life and so he's been shown on many levels and in many ways the difference between right and wrong, normal and not normal, acceptable and unacceptable behaviors. Anxiety/ADHD/ADD/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), etc., are not the only deciding factors in our children's outcome. Nor is our parenting, good or bad. Think about a person you've read about or met who grew up in a dire, even scary, situation and yet, they persevered and grew up into a responsible, creative, curious, hard working adult. Against all odds, perhaps, they didn't become an addict or a thief. Then turn that around - [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I firmly believe that there is never ever one deciding factor in how our kiddos turn out. It is what it is, and we do the best we can with what we know. You've done your best and the rest is up to your son.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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