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Parenting difficult child makes me feel so inadequate
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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 187120" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Many Hugs to you...</p><p></p><p>Parenting teenagers calls for every ounce of strength, and more. I don't know about you but I would never want to relive my 13th year. It was a killer <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I know what you mean about wanting to "fix it". That's always my orientation as well. My counseling style in my work is very proactive - the rehabilitation field requires that. easy child called me last week with lots of woe . He had broken up with his girlfriend, but they run in the same social circles and he sees her constantly with her new boyfriend - his boss "treats him like a slave", he's had to move and that's stressful, he's not sure about the academic path he's taken. All big, real stuff. As we talked I made suggestion after suggestion - until he said -" I don't want ideas, I just want you to listen".</p><p></p><p>Wow! That really put it into perspective for me. You can be sure that I will be doing a whole lot more of listening with both easy child and difficult child!</p><p></p><p>Hang in there, it's really a day by day experience when you are 13.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 187120, member: 3704"] Many Hugs to you... Parenting teenagers calls for every ounce of strength, and more. I don't know about you but I would never want to relive my 13th year. It was a killer :( I know what you mean about wanting to "fix it". That's always my orientation as well. My counseling style in my work is very proactive - the rehabilitation field requires that. easy child called me last week with lots of woe . He had broken up with his girlfriend, but they run in the same social circles and he sees her constantly with her new boyfriend - his boss "treats him like a slave", he's had to move and that's stressful, he's not sure about the academic path he's taken. All big, real stuff. As we talked I made suggestion after suggestion - until he said -" I don't want ideas, I just want you to listen". Wow! That really put it into perspective for me. You can be sure that I will be doing a whole lot more of listening with both easy child and difficult child! Hang in there, it's really a day by day experience when you are 13. [/QUOTE]
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