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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 409130" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Welcome to the board eliza</p><p></p><p>I'm glad you found us, but sorry you need to.</p><p></p><p>I understand all too well the worry over innocent grandchildren. The awful part about parenting adult children is there is nothing you can do to help them when they don't want the help. Bipolar or not, she at the very least sounds very immature, not uncommon with difficult children. </p><p></p><p>As children we can help them to at least the degree of dragging them to docs ect. As adults we don't have that option. Stinks. Looks like you've drawn some boundaries with your daughter and are willing to stick to them. This is a very good thing and hard to do. As an adult it's up to her now to either use what you spent her childhood teaching her or not. Or to realize she has a problem and seek help, or not. We can encourage, attempt to guide and advise......but if they're not ready to listen, then it's not going to make a huge difference. As parents of adults we have to learn to let them make their mistakes and continue to live and learn to enjoy our own lives even while they're doing it. It sounds like you're already finding ways to do that too, which is also good.</p><p></p><p>Now you have parents to talk to who really understand.........and that is the best thing of all. </p><p></p><p>I'll be praying for your grandchild's safety.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 409130, member: 84"] Welcome to the board eliza I'm glad you found us, but sorry you need to. I understand all too well the worry over innocent grandchildren. The awful part about parenting adult children is there is nothing you can do to help them when they don't want the help. Bipolar or not, she at the very least sounds very immature, not uncommon with difficult children. As children we can help them to at least the degree of dragging them to docs ect. As adults we don't have that option. Stinks. Looks like you've drawn some boundaries with your daughter and are willing to stick to them. This is a very good thing and hard to do. As an adult it's up to her now to either use what you spent her childhood teaching her or not. Or to realize she has a problem and seek help, or not. We can encourage, attempt to guide and advise......but if they're not ready to listen, then it's not going to make a huge difference. As parents of adults we have to learn to let them make their mistakes and continue to live and learn to enjoy our own lives even while they're doing it. It sounds like you're already finding ways to do that too, which is also good. Now you have parents to talk to who really understand.........and that is the best thing of all. I'll be praying for your grandchild's safety. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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