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<blockquote data-quote="SunnyFlorida" data-source="post: 99455" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>With kids like ours, it's very easy to get swept up in their day to day drama. For so many years they have needed "extra". Extra parenting, extra encouragement, extra time, extra everything. With so much "extra", we as moms keep on giving and they keep on taking.</p><p></p><p>Try playing a game with yourself. How about everytime you find yourself thinking about what a mess he's in and how you can help him, you put a $l.00 in a jar. At the end of the week, you use that money for a pedicure or something just for you.</p><p></p><p>The trick here is not to be consumed by your difficult child. It's ok to be sad about his situation, it's also ok to be mad about his situation. It's the intertwinedness of his situation and your daily functioning that's causing you heartache.</p><p></p><p>It hasn't happened to you yet, but in time, you will focus less and less on his shenanigans and more on yourself and your relationship with the rest of your family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SunnyFlorida, post: 99455, member: 696"] With kids like ours, it's very easy to get swept up in their day to day drama. For so many years they have needed "extra". Extra parenting, extra encouragement, extra time, extra everything. With so much "extra", we as moms keep on giving and they keep on taking. Try playing a game with yourself. How about everytime you find yourself thinking about what a mess he's in and how you can help him, you put a $l.00 in a jar. At the end of the week, you use that money for a pedicure or something just for you. The trick here is not to be consumed by your difficult child. It's ok to be sad about his situation, it's also ok to be mad about his situation. It's the intertwinedness of his situation and your daily functioning that's causing you heartache. It hasn't happened to you yet, but in time, you will focus less and less on his shenanigans and more on yourself and your relationship with the rest of your family. [/QUOTE]
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