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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 427935" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Hi Allan, it's been quite a while since we've seen you.</p><p></p><p>You remind me very much of my difficult child's psychiatrist who was very well respected, extremely knowledgeable and expert in developmental behavior. The problem is he has been telling my difficult child since she was 9 years old that she needed to find a passion in life and when she did that she would be fine. Ten years later she is living in a sober house having become addicted to alcohol and drugs. I guess she found her passion. He talked so far over her head that I often left there wondering if he even had a clue what was going on with her. No one could argue with his theory but he may as well be talking to a wall because nothing he ever said to difficult child ever made a difference. And me???? Well I just shook my head wishing I could wait until my difficult child found her passion and hoped it was a legal one, knowing full well that he really had no idea how to help her. </p><p></p><p>As we have found over the years, our difficult child, and I believe most of the difficult child's whose parents are on this board, are so far removed from the average kid who goes through normal developmental problems, that these theories and books on how to parent are not helpful to me.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 427935, member: 59"] Hi Allan, it's been quite a while since we've seen you. You remind me very much of my difficult child's psychiatrist who was very well respected, extremely knowledgeable and expert in developmental behavior. The problem is he has been telling my difficult child since she was 9 years old that she needed to find a passion in life and when she did that she would be fine. Ten years later she is living in a sober house having become addicted to alcohol and drugs. I guess she found her passion. He talked so far over her head that I often left there wondering if he even had a clue what was going on with her. No one could argue with his theory but he may as well be talking to a wall because nothing he ever said to difficult child ever made a difference. And me???? Well I just shook my head wishing I could wait until my difficult child found her passion and hoped it was a legal one, knowing full well that he really had no idea how to help her. As we have found over the years, our difficult child, and I believe most of the difficult child's whose parents are on this board, are so far removed from the average kid who goes through normal developmental problems, that these theories and books on how to parent are not helpful to me. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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