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<blockquote data-quote="envisablepuppet" data-source="post: 74122" data-attributes="member: 585"><p>Do you like the person your older difficult child has become?</p><p></p><p>I have been thinking about this in relation to my own for a couple of days now. The thread on the watercooler about the good attributes of difficult child's got me to thinking about it even more.</p><p></p><p>My daughter had almost all of those good qualities until she hit about 17. She was in a lot of ways a perfect child.She was so loving and compassionate she brought tears to the eyes. Then it's like she changed over night. I think a lot of it had to do with the school here. We had ALOT of trouble with them. We had to get a lawyer at one point and that was when things really started going to h*** in a hand basket. After awhile she just quit even trying to please them. Not just accademiaitaly but socially as well.</p><p></p><p>She went from a bright, compassionate, loving girl that loved everyone and everyone loved and wanted to be around to someone nobody really wanted to even deal with at all. </p><p></p><p>She used to have a heart of gold now she seems to have a heart on stone. I always wonder how someone can change <em>that</em> much. </p><p></p><p>I love her with all my heart but I don't like her most of the time. This leaves an empty feeling inside me that is almost unbearable at times. I can't hardly bare to look at pictures of her in different stages of her life. I keep waiting for that other girl to come home but know she never will. This makes me so incredibly sad.</p><p></p><p>After all is said and done, do you <em>like</em> your child? We all love them or we wouldn't be here for them but do you like the person they have become?</p><p></p><p>Lea</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="envisablepuppet, post: 74122, member: 585"] Do you like the person your older difficult child has become? I have been thinking about this in relation to my own for a couple of days now. The thread on the watercooler about the good attributes of difficult child's got me to thinking about it even more. My daughter had almost all of those good qualities until she hit about 17. She was in a lot of ways a perfect child.She was so loving and compassionate she brought tears to the eyes. Then it's like she changed over night. I think a lot of it had to do with the school here. We had ALOT of trouble with them. We had to get a lawyer at one point and that was when things really started going to h*** in a hand basket. After awhile she just quit even trying to please them. Not just accademiaitaly but socially as well. She went from a bright, compassionate, loving girl that loved everyone and everyone loved and wanted to be around to someone nobody really wanted to even deal with at all. She used to have a heart of gold now she seems to have a heart on stone. I always wonder how someone can change [i]that[/i] much. I love her with all my heart but I don't like her most of the time. This leaves an empty feeling inside me that is almost unbearable at times. I can't hardly bare to look at pictures of her in different stages of her life. I keep waiting for that other girl to come home but know she never will. This makes me so incredibly sad. After all is said and done, do you [i]like[/i] your child? We all love them or we wouldn't be here for them but do you like the person they have become? Lea [/QUOTE]
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