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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 558605"><p>One thing that I would want to tell husband (and have on MANY occasions) is that if I am venting to him about one or both of the kids, don't just sit there and ask, "So? What am I supposed to do about it?" Most of the time there is nothing that he can do, but maybe some suggestions, or just a kind shoulder to lean on would be nice.</p><p></p><p>Another would be that he needs to participate in "family" counseling. Unless both parental units participate, it's not really about the "family" as much as it is about what mom does wrong all the time.</p><p></p><p>And don't throw me under the bus to the therapist by telling him that if I actually knew how to handle difficult child things in our house would be so much better (yes, he really did that when we started counseling with difficult child. I don't think there are enough words in the English language to say how angry and upset I was about that). We are the parents and we need to work as a team and telling the therapist that it's all the fault of one parent simply undermines that parent.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure I could come up with more, but those are the ones that I thought of off the top of my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 558605"] One thing that I would want to tell husband (and have on MANY occasions) is that if I am venting to him about one or both of the kids, don't just sit there and ask, "So? What am I supposed to do about it?" Most of the time there is nothing that he can do, but maybe some suggestions, or just a kind shoulder to lean on would be nice. Another would be that he needs to participate in "family" counseling. Unless both parental units participate, it's not really about the "family" as much as it is about what mom does wrong all the time. And don't throw me under the bus to the therapist by telling him that if I actually knew how to handle difficult child things in our house would be so much better (yes, he really did that when we started counseling with difficult child. I don't think there are enough words in the English language to say how angry and upset I was about that). We are the parents and we need to work as a team and telling the therapist that it's all the fault of one parent simply undermines that parent. I'm sure I could come up with more, but those are the ones that I thought of off the top of my head. [/QUOTE]
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