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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 383639" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Darn. I really wish you could have your parents go to an al-anon meeting. </p><p></p><p>You are between a rock and a hard place. There are no winning sides. difficult child has got to figure this out on her own or she will never figure it out. It hoovers out the wazoo but that's just the way it is. </p><p></p><p>There are just some life lessons we can't teach them. Life itself has to be the teacher for the message to get through.</p><p></p><p>If she goes back to her grandparents or to you it won't be long before she'll back slide into old behavior. Why? Simple. It's easier. Then your parents get hurt again........and you get hurt again because you see she hurt your parents again.</p><p></p><p>I hope they can come to realize that of course you love your child so why on earth would you be doing the things you're doing if it weren't to help her......very soon. It's often harder for it to "click" with the older generations. Oh heck, honestly, many people have a hard time really understanding unless they've lived with it.</p><p></p><p>I hope she wants to change, I hope she makes the right decisions to change. And I hope she realizes that it has everything to do with HER and no one else.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 383639, member: 84"] Darn. I really wish you could have your parents go to an al-anon meeting. You are between a rock and a hard place. There are no winning sides. difficult child has got to figure this out on her own or she will never figure it out. It hoovers out the wazoo but that's just the way it is. There are just some life lessons we can't teach them. Life itself has to be the teacher for the message to get through. If she goes back to her grandparents or to you it won't be long before she'll back slide into old behavior. Why? Simple. It's easier. Then your parents get hurt again........and you get hurt again because you see she hurt your parents again. I hope they can come to realize that of course you love your child so why on earth would you be doing the things you're doing if it weren't to help her......very soon. It's often harder for it to "click" with the older generations. Oh heck, honestly, many people have a hard time really understanding unless they've lived with it. I hope she wants to change, I hope she makes the right decisions to change. And I hope she realizes that it has everything to do with HER and no one else. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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