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Visit at Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for family counseling - Sad boy
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 108522" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>One thing I found is holidays are what we make them. It doesn't matter where we are or what we have, it is our hearts that make a holiday special. So, spending Saturday together and then Christmas with the other boys and families sounds like a great deal. Enjoy both days.</p><p></p><p>You used a good analogy about the troops and your son. Both are waging a war. Neither knows when it will end.</p><p></p><p>One thing that helped my daughter was I gave her very specific things she needed to work on. I also would tell her that it was not up to just me but up to the entire team even though I did have the freedom to remove her when I wanted. I wanted her to have a chance at true success and that wasn't going to happen if I followed my heart. It had to be a meeting of the collective minds and my heart.</p><p></p><p>Do remind him he has only moved up one level. While you are proud that he has made this level, there are still things he must work on. One major thing is that other levels will give him more freedoms and give him a chance to show he has learned to control his anger and impulses so that bad choices don't continue. He has not yet learned those lessons. They come over time.</p><p></p><p>If he is typical, he will backslide. It is hard to maintain a level in the beginning. Like learning to walk, it takes practice to remember everything all the time. He'll get frustrated, angry, blame you, the staff, the world.</p><p></p><p>You're doing great and so is he.</p><p></p><p>HUGS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 108522, member: 3626"] One thing I found is holidays are what we make them. It doesn't matter where we are or what we have, it is our hearts that make a holiday special. So, spending Saturday together and then Christmas with the other boys and families sounds like a great deal. Enjoy both days. You used a good analogy about the troops and your son. Both are waging a war. Neither knows when it will end. One thing that helped my daughter was I gave her very specific things she needed to work on. I also would tell her that it was not up to just me but up to the entire team even though I did have the freedom to remove her when I wanted. I wanted her to have a chance at true success and that wasn't going to happen if I followed my heart. It had to be a meeting of the collective minds and my heart. Do remind him he has only moved up one level. While you are proud that he has made this level, there are still things he must work on. One major thing is that other levels will give him more freedoms and give him a chance to show he has learned to control his anger and impulses so that bad choices don't continue. He has not yet learned those lessons. They come over time. If he is typical, he will backslide. It is hard to maintain a level in the beginning. Like learning to walk, it takes practice to remember everything all the time. He'll get frustrated, angry, blame you, the staff, the world. You're doing great and so is he. HUGS [/QUOTE]
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