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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 427921"><p>I think there is a balance between thinking about the positive qualities of our difficult children but at the same time recognizing the reality of the situation. I do think there is a danger in labelling a teen a sociopath or bad kid because I think many teens screw up in major ways but do pull their lives together when they finally get a fully developed brain.... so as a parent I don't want to give up hope that my kid will pull it together and lead a good productive life. on the other hand it is easy and just as dangerous to always believe their story and to just enable them to continue their bad behavior. I have to continually keep in mind my two goals with my son.... don't enable his drug use and bad behavior and be willing to help him if he is helping himself get his life together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 427921"] I think there is a balance between thinking about the positive qualities of our difficult children but at the same time recognizing the reality of the situation. I do think there is a danger in labelling a teen a sociopath or bad kid because I think many teens screw up in major ways but do pull their lives together when they finally get a fully developed brain.... so as a parent I don't want to give up hope that my kid will pull it together and lead a good productive life. on the other hand it is easy and just as dangerous to always believe their story and to just enable them to continue their bad behavior. I have to continually keep in mind my two goals with my son.... don't enable his drug use and bad behavior and be willing to help him if he is helping himself get his life together. [/QUOTE]
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