klmno
Active Member
I like that term too. I never would have dreamed it would be so hard to parent a teen. But at this age, they are old enough to think they can do whatever adults do and that they know everything they need to but they are not mature enough to know what they don't know. Throw in the irresponsibility and other characteristics of being a difficult child and damaged parental bond that worsens the longer the difficult child is out of the home and I'm clueless.
JJJ, I understood everything you said in the one paragraph about people not wanting their kids to hang around yours, etc. It is a shame that our difficult children can't see one bit of the life we know they could have had- not ideal and perfect but it could have been better than what they are currently living.
JJJ, I understood everything you said in the one paragraph about people not wanting their kids to hang around yours, etc. It is a shame that our difficult children can't see one bit of the life we know they could have had- not ideal and perfect but it could have been better than what they are currently living.