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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 332954" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Well, it has been a hellacious ride, RobinBoots, but my 20 year old difficult child daughter is living at home. At times she lived in NY with her dad, at times she crashed on numerous friend's couches and in between there was a lot of yelling and screaming, crying, taking away of the car keys, cancelling of insurance, etc. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue"><Knock on Wood> My difficult child daughter seems to have settled down a bit this past year. She is now gainfully employed full time, dating a nice man, follows the house rules, helps me out at home, pays her own insurance and even a bit of rent to old mom. But to save myself from the insanity before all that, I had some work to do - learn how to detach with love. Very diffifult to do, but like Star has suggested, go read up in the PE forums. There you will find many parents and guardians who have been where you are, ARE still where you are, struggling, learning and teaching, not to mention the monumental amount of support you will also receive there. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Sending lots of hugs - you need them, I know. After you learn to detach a bit, it get's a little easier - the worry, pain and anguish may not go away completely, but at least you will still have some modicom of sanity.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 332954, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Well, it has been a hellacious ride, RobinBoots, but my 20 year old difficult child daughter is living at home. At times she lived in NY with her dad, at times she crashed on numerous friend's couches and in between there was a lot of yelling and screaming, crying, taking away of the car keys, cancelling of insurance, etc. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]<Knock on Wood> My difficult child daughter seems to have settled down a bit this past year. She is now gainfully employed full time, dating a nice man, follows the house rules, helps me out at home, pays her own insurance and even a bit of rent to old mom. But to save myself from the insanity before all that, I had some work to do - learn how to detach with love. Very diffifult to do, but like Star has suggested, go read up in the PE forums. There you will find many parents and guardians who have been where you are, ARE still where you are, struggling, learning and teaching, not to mention the monumental amount of support you will also receive there. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Sending lots of hugs - you need them, I know. After you learn to detach a bit, it get's a little easier - the worry, pain and anguish may not go away completely, but at least you will still have some modicom of sanity.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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