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Now that I kicked my 18 year old daughter out, where do I go from here?
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 717240" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>In all the particulars my own situation is different from yours but at heart the same with my son.</p><p></p><p>Your child is younger but more capable.</p><p></p><p>We cannot make them want to change. We cannot give them the strength to do so. We cannot make them want what we want for them. Even if it means staying safe or even alive.</p><p></p><p>I know the pain of this. And how hard it is to accept.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like any contact you have with her is disrespectful or deceitful or borderline abusive. </p><p></p><p>The decision for each of us is when we begin holding them responsible. We do that by detaching from the sense we can drive their car so to speak. Or influence them in any significant way to want what we believe they should.</p><p></p><p>Believe me. I am right there with you.</p><p></p><p>My son and I are toxic to each other because neither one of us wants to learn our lessons.</p><p></p><p>Actually. I am the only one remiss. I cannot bear how he lives. And I cannot bear him to suffer. His cries are my siren song.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 717240, member: 18958"] In all the particulars my own situation is different from yours but at heart the same with my son. Your child is younger but more capable. We cannot make them want to change. We cannot give them the strength to do so. We cannot make them want what we want for them. Even if it means staying safe or even alive. I know the pain of this. And how hard it is to accept. It sounds like any contact you have with her is disrespectful or deceitful or borderline abusive. The decision for each of us is when we begin holding them responsible. We do that by detaching from the sense we can drive their car so to speak. Or influence them in any significant way to want what we believe they should. Believe me. I am right there with you. My son and I are toxic to each other because neither one of us wants to learn our lessons. Actually. I am the only one remiss. I cannot bear how he lives. And I cannot bear him to suffer. His cries are my siren song. [/QUOTE]
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