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Short but good article about estranged parent
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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 643121" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>This is the hurdle that keeps so many parents stuck. As a parent you want to "fix" everything that is wrong in your child's life and coming to realization that it is no longer possible is really hard to accept. I think many of us had grandiose ideas of how our children would grow up, you know, go to college, get a great job, get married, have children and live happily ever after and when that doesn't happen and our children instead reject us we are left with confusion and broken hearts.</p><p></p><p>Someone once shared this quote with me: <em>Expectation minus reality equals disappointment.</em></p><p>This helped me so much as once I realized the expectations I had for my difficult child were not founded in reality was the beginning of my letting go.</p><p></p><p>If I had never let go I would not have the life I have now which is very full and filled with so much joy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 643121, member: 18516"] This is the hurdle that keeps so many parents stuck. As a parent you want to "fix" everything that is wrong in your child's life and coming to realization that it is no longer possible is really hard to accept. I think many of us had grandiose ideas of how our children would grow up, you know, go to college, get a great job, get married, have children and live happily ever after and when that doesn't happen and our children instead reject us we are left with confusion and broken hearts. Someone once shared this quote with me: [I]Expectation minus reality equals disappointment.[/I] This helped me so much as once I realized the expectations I had for my difficult child were not founded in reality was the beginning of my letting go. If I had never let go I would not have the life I have now which is very full and filled with so much joy. [/QUOTE]
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