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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 633306" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>So sad. the truth is that the siblings really take a hit. I know our easy child son lost many toys to difficult child taking them and destroying them and at times had to limit friends that could come over due to odd behavior from his difficult child sister. From age two to about age four or five, she would take the ornaments from the Christmas tree and throw them on the ground and smash them. Our tree looked like hexx. It was traumatic. No one even knows why she did this. It was sort of impulsive.</p><p></p><p>I know that we didn't travel because of difficult child. We went to the same place several times that was about a 2.5 drive away. This was because difficult child was comfortable there. The same several years, at the same hotel. Many years, we didn't take a vacation at all.</p><p></p><p>I also know that friends didn't invite our son to events because they felt guilty that they wouldn't invite his sister too....they are relatively close in age.</p><p></p><p>So, now that he is an adult, I recognize that he missed out on a lot of things that his peers were able to participate in.</p><p></p><p>She is moving again (she does this very often). She is in between apartments. She has been here for three nights. I am battling a sort of mild depression because seeing her in action is so very sad and peculiar. I might post about it...mostly to get it off my chest. Is this collateral damage too???? Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 633306, member: 4152"] So sad. the truth is that the siblings really take a hit. I know our easy child son lost many toys to difficult child taking them and destroying them and at times had to limit friends that could come over due to odd behavior from his difficult child sister. From age two to about age four or five, she would take the ornaments from the Christmas tree and throw them on the ground and smash them. Our tree looked like hexx. It was traumatic. No one even knows why she did this. It was sort of impulsive. I know that we didn't travel because of difficult child. We went to the same place several times that was about a 2.5 drive away. This was because difficult child was comfortable there. The same several years, at the same hotel. Many years, we didn't take a vacation at all. I also know that friends didn't invite our son to events because they felt guilty that they wouldn't invite his sister too....they are relatively close in age. So, now that he is an adult, I recognize that he missed out on a lot of things that his peers were able to participate in. She is moving again (she does this very often). She is in between apartments. She has been here for three nights. I am battling a sort of mild depression because seeing her in action is so very sad and peculiar. I might post about it...mostly to get it off my chest. Is this collateral damage too???? Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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