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<blockquote data-quote="Methuselah" data-source="post: 481815" data-attributes="member: 12725"><p>Buddy, with difficult child 1, when my husband leaves town, he is absolutely out of her mind. She never mentions him. It is like he doesn't exist. difficult child 2, on the other hand, always asks when he is going to return, where he went, etc., so I know she has attached a bot to him. I also know she is attached to me. Her mind is totally warped when it comes to things she wants. Whether something tangible or simple attention, she'll do whatever she needs to do to get it. Stealing is her go-to, but she discovered charming and conning people for what she wants rarely ends in a punishment for her, so she utilizes that more and more . :-/ </p><p></p><p>I have read and read, studied and studied with hopes of helping them. The problem is they can't help themselves, because they can't see they have a problem. It is everyone else and never them. The only book that ever really sang to me was a book by George Simon called <u>Character Disturbances</u>. The book read like <em>I</em> wrote my whole experience with them on paper, especially difficult child 1. He also has a web site, manipulative-people.com, that has been a big help to me. </p><p></p><p>I don't know what to do. No one does. We set hard boundaries and put their truth in front of them. It is up to them to make the decision to do the right thing and grow. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for the info.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Methuselah, post: 481815, member: 12725"] Buddy, with difficult child 1, when my husband leaves town, he is absolutely out of her mind. She never mentions him. It is like he doesn't exist. difficult child 2, on the other hand, always asks when he is going to return, where he went, etc., so I know she has attached a bot to him. I also know she is attached to me. Her mind is totally warped when it comes to things she wants. Whether something tangible or simple attention, she'll do whatever she needs to do to get it. Stealing is her go-to, but she discovered charming and conning people for what she wants rarely ends in a punishment for her, so she utilizes that more and more . :-/ I have read and read, studied and studied with hopes of helping them. The problem is they can't help themselves, because they can't see they have a problem. It is everyone else and never them. The only book that ever really sang to me was a book by George Simon called [U]Character Disturbances[/U]. The book read like [I]I[/I] wrote my whole experience with them on paper, especially difficult child 1. He also has a web site, manipulative-people.com, that has been a big help to me. I don't know what to do. No one does. We set hard boundaries and put their truth in front of them. It is up to them to make the decision to do the right thing and grow. Thanks for the info. [/QUOTE]
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