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Stressed...feel like Im stuck between a rock and a hard place!!
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 318131" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I understand completely and you have my sympathy. My husband and I are still working although all of our contemporaries are long ago retired and traveling. It has been exactly 50 years ago that I had my first baby and I</p><p>see no end in sight.</p><p> </p><p>My comments are not intended to sound like "poor me" whines. Everyone "admires" us for dedicating our life to the grandchildren. In retrospect I doubt I would make the same decision...particularly if I knew that difficult child's don't take parenting as a serious priority. difficult child's like the admiration that reflects back on them when they take their child or children out in public..all clean and appropriate dressed by the custodial grandparents. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p> </p><p>Children need and require consistent dependable loving structure. CAS and similar organizations most often have young healthy eager prospective parents who wouldn't dream of skipping an appointment or disappointing a child. If your CAS office will assure your "presence" in your grandchild's life...I think you should really consider adoption. With open adoptions now commonplace, I would assume you could make sure that you could remain</p><p>in his life as a supplemental loving parent. </p><p> </p><p>I wish you the very best. It's a painful situation. I'm sorry. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 318131, member: 35"] I understand completely and you have my sympathy. My husband and I are still working although all of our contemporaries are long ago retired and traveling. It has been exactly 50 years ago that I had my first baby and I see no end in sight. My comments are not intended to sound like "poor me" whines. Everyone "admires" us for dedicating our life to the grandchildren. In retrospect I doubt I would make the same decision...particularly if I knew that difficult child's don't take parenting as a serious priority. difficult child's like the admiration that reflects back on them when they take their child or children out in public..all clean and appropriate dressed by the custodial grandparents. :frowny: Children need and require consistent dependable loving structure. CAS and similar organizations most often have young healthy eager prospective parents who wouldn't dream of skipping an appointment or disappointing a child. If your CAS office will assure your "presence" in your grandchild's life...I think you should really consider adoption. With open adoptions now commonplace, I would assume you could make sure that you could remain in his life as a supplemental loving parent. I wish you the very best. It's a painful situation. I'm sorry. DDD [/QUOTE]
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