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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 245880" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>ANother suggestion - I think, in your alone time with your son, you need to thrash out a few things. Discuss with your son, each boy's good points and bad points. Explain to your son that because he IS basically a good person, someone who has earned respect from adults in his life, then he has certain rights that he has also earned (and which he risks losing, if he behaves badly out of resentment). difficult child, however, can't be trusted and therefore in a lot of ways the younger boy is being perceived as more deserving of adult respect.</p><p></p><p>Life isn't easy for the easy child who feels unregarded. They need support, they also need the support of other kids in the same situation. Here in Australia we are getting more access to support groups for kids who help care for a disabled family member. This includes kids with a difficult sibling. We have camps and outings organised for these kids, which also include group counselling sessions (as well as group play sessions - easy child 2/difficult child 2, difficult child 1 & BF2 all got to go on a Sydney Harbour Bridge climb, donated by the Bridge Climb people to Young Carers).</p><p>I don't think this exists in the US yet, but I have a friend in Philadelphia who was seriously picking my brains about how this works when he was over here for a visit last year, and he is in a position to set up something like this, so watch this spot. </p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 245880, member: 1991"] ANother suggestion - I think, in your alone time with your son, you need to thrash out a few things. Discuss with your son, each boy's good points and bad points. Explain to your son that because he IS basically a good person, someone who has earned respect from adults in his life, then he has certain rights that he has also earned (and which he risks losing, if he behaves badly out of resentment). difficult child, however, can't be trusted and therefore in a lot of ways the younger boy is being perceived as more deserving of adult respect. Life isn't easy for the easy child who feels unregarded. They need support, they also need the support of other kids in the same situation. Here in Australia we are getting more access to support groups for kids who help care for a disabled family member. This includes kids with a difficult sibling. We have camps and outings organised for these kids, which also include group counselling sessions (as well as group play sessions - easy child 2/difficult child 2, difficult child 1 & BF2 all got to go on a Sydney Harbour Bridge climb, donated by the Bridge Climb people to Young Carers). I don't think this exists in the US yet, but I have a friend in Philadelphia who was seriously picking my brains about how this works when he was over here for a visit last year, and he is in a position to set up something like this, so watch this spot. Marg [/QUOTE]
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