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<blockquote data-quote="4timmy" data-source="post: 408839" data-attributes="member: 6553"><p>I have no support nearby and neighbor kids have told my difficult child that their parents think he's weird, so needless to say, I don't depend on our neighbors for anything. Sadly, our community is very to-them-selves and the parents tend to form cliches all centered around the extracurricular activities that my difficult child has no interest in.</p><p></p><p>We live a little over an hour away from my family. husband's family has all passed except his sister who he really doesn't 'bond' with so we rarely see her. She and her husband have never offered to come get difficult child and do something with him, but they were always offering to pick up my husband's easy child's (from previous marriage) and letting them spend the summer with them or take them on vacation when they were young. My sis, b in law, Mom and Dad all live on 5 acres - their houses next door to each other. My sis has a difficult child with "Cats Cry Syndrome", a very rare chromosomal disorder that left him severely mentally disabled. He lives at a group home and is in his late 20's. My parents are almost 80 and their health isn't real good. My mom is in early stages of dementia and it takes all my Dad has to take care of her. My Dad had colon cancer surgery 2 years ago and so far he's clean. My sis wants to be close and be able to help each other out, but her health is also very bad. She has Lupus and within the last 2 years has had her knee replaced and her spine rebuilt (pins put in to straighten it out). She tends to plan things for US to do for our parents like clean, etc, and then I'm the one who ends up doing it. I've had a lot of pressure to go up and help out at least once a month. My difficult child hates going there because there isn't a lot to do and my husband can't get along with my Mom. My parents don't understand difficult child's condition. My Dad tries hard and he is always telling me "oh he'll grow out of it".... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> God love 'em ALL!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4timmy, post: 408839, member: 6553"] I have no support nearby and neighbor kids have told my difficult child that their parents think he's weird, so needless to say, I don't depend on our neighbors for anything. Sadly, our community is very to-them-selves and the parents tend to form cliches all centered around the extracurricular activities that my difficult child has no interest in. We live a little over an hour away from my family. husband's family has all passed except his sister who he really doesn't 'bond' with so we rarely see her. She and her husband have never offered to come get difficult child and do something with him, but they were always offering to pick up my husband's easy child's (from previous marriage) and letting them spend the summer with them or take them on vacation when they were young. My sis, b in law, Mom and Dad all live on 5 acres - their houses next door to each other. My sis has a difficult child with "Cats Cry Syndrome", a very rare chromosomal disorder that left him severely mentally disabled. He lives at a group home and is in his late 20's. My parents are almost 80 and their health isn't real good. My mom is in early stages of dementia and it takes all my Dad has to take care of her. My Dad had colon cancer surgery 2 years ago and so far he's clean. My sis wants to be close and be able to help each other out, but her health is also very bad. She has Lupus and within the last 2 years has had her knee replaced and her spine rebuilt (pins put in to straighten it out). She tends to plan things for US to do for our parents like clean, etc, and then I'm the one who ends up doing it. I've had a lot of pressure to go up and help out at least once a month. My difficult child hates going there because there isn't a lot to do and my husband can't get along with my Mom. My parents don't understand difficult child's condition. My Dad tries hard and he is always telling me "oh he'll grow out of it".... :) God love 'em ALL!! [/QUOTE]
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