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<blockquote data-quote="elizabrary" data-source="post: 472414" data-attributes="member: 11235"><p>My difficult child ups the ante every time I set yet another boundary for her. They flip out when they aren't getting their way, so they try another form of manipulation. If being nice doesn't work they act mean, when that doesn't work they play the victim, when that doesn't work they lay on a guilt trip. I hang up the phone or walk away whenever she starts getting irrational in any way. Don't feel bad at all about your resentment. I posted a thread on here awhile ago about how I couldn't stand my own kid! It makes me feel terrible, but she's not a good person, so... And I don't even have anther kid who turned out ok to feel good about. She is it!</p><p></p><p>Stick to your guns. I see her raising the stakes with you, but she got herself into this mess, she needs to dig her way out. It was pretty awful when I threw my daughter out a bit ago because that meant my nearly 2-year-old granddaughter had to go with the nutcase and I had no idea if they even had a place to stay. But it had to be done. Hang in there!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elizabrary, post: 472414, member: 11235"] My difficult child ups the ante every time I set yet another boundary for her. They flip out when they aren't getting their way, so they try another form of manipulation. If being nice doesn't work they act mean, when that doesn't work they play the victim, when that doesn't work they lay on a guilt trip. I hang up the phone or walk away whenever she starts getting irrational in any way. Don't feel bad at all about your resentment. I posted a thread on here awhile ago about how I couldn't stand my own kid! It makes me feel terrible, but she's not a good person, so... And I don't even have anther kid who turned out ok to feel good about. She is it! Stick to your guns. I see her raising the stakes with you, but she got herself into this mess, she needs to dig her way out. It was pretty awful when I threw my daughter out a bit ago because that meant my nearly 2-year-old granddaughter had to go with the nutcase and I had no idea if they even had a place to stay. But it had to be done. Hang in there! [/QUOTE]
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