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<blockquote data-quote="Irene_J" data-source="post: 97362" data-attributes="member: 181"><p>Nancy--I hope you continue to feel hopeful. Your difficult child is following the same pattern that mine did--starting to think about the future in her junior year. Mine knew that she would be either working, in college or out of the house. I was fully prepared to let her go, even though it would have broken my heart.</p><p></p><p>No matter what we do, it only changes when they decide to change. It took me a long time to really get this. And once I let go of trying to change her, she did it herself, using the foundation already set for her. </p><p></p><p>Dropping loser friends is a big key. Of the 5 or so friends she ran with, not one graduated from high school. One became a mother, 2 went to jail and another was sent to live with relatives in another state.</p><p></p><p>Since my difficult child also has learning disabilities, community college has been great in easing into harder studies. She's also proud of being a "college student."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irene_J, post: 97362, member: 181"] Nancy--I hope you continue to feel hopeful. Your difficult child is following the same pattern that mine did--starting to think about the future in her junior year. Mine knew that she would be either working, in college or out of the house. I was fully prepared to let her go, even though it would have broken my heart. No matter what we do, it only changes when they decide to change. It took me a long time to really get this. And once I let go of trying to change her, she did it herself, using the foundation already set for her. Dropping loser friends is a big key. Of the 5 or so friends she ran with, not one graduated from high school. One became a mother, 2 went to jail and another was sent to live with relatives in another state. Since my difficult child also has learning disabilities, community college has been great in easing into harder studies. She's also proud of being a "college student." [/QUOTE]
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