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<blockquote data-quote="LJFromOz" data-source="post: 746008" data-attributes="member: 23557"><p>Crayola, I completely agree with this. We have made his life too comfortable by far. And you are spot on about his inferiority complex. He has very low self-esteem, but at the same time he never fully takes responsibility for his actions/problems. It's always someone else's fault.</p><p></p><p>Both his brothers have been in the Gifted and Talented program at their school. Difficult Child was at the other end of the spectrum academically. My husband and I bent over backwards to try to make him feel okay about this. We've always stressed to all three boys that effort was the most important thing to us and that everyone has different gifts. When Difficult Child was younger he was interested in drama (my husband and I have privately joked that he's been majoring in drama since he was a baby!) We really encouraged this interest and praised his talent. He starred in many school productions and we tried to encourage his continued participation in theater groups once he left school, but he didn't want to. We've tried hard to make sure that he received just as much praise as his brothers. If anything we overcompensated. He has always been the child that got the most attention for one reason or another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LJFromOz, post: 746008, member: 23557"] Crayola, I completely agree with this. We have made his life too comfortable by far. And you are spot on about his inferiority complex. He has very low self-esteem, but at the same time he never fully takes responsibility for his actions/problems. It's always someone else's fault. Both his brothers have been in the Gifted and Talented program at their school. Difficult Child was at the other end of the spectrum academically. My husband and I bent over backwards to try to make him feel okay about this. We've always stressed to all three boys that effort was the most important thing to us and that everyone has different gifts. When Difficult Child was younger he was interested in drama (my husband and I have privately joked that he's been majoring in drama since he was a baby!) We really encouraged this interest and praised his talent. He starred in many school productions and we tried to encourage his continued participation in theater groups once he left school, but he didn't want to. We've tried hard to make sure that he received just as much praise as his brothers. If anything we overcompensated. He has always been the child that got the most attention for one reason or another. [/QUOTE]
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