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<blockquote data-quote="natalieoh" data-source="post: 434612"><p>I have a dear friend who is a social worker and works in a dual diagnosis unit with mood disorder/chemically dependent people. She tells me all the time that her clients tell her that if their parents had been tougher on them they would have changed sooner. That as parents we have to operate OPPOSITE from our maternal instincts. That we have to be tough and hold them to standards that force them to be independent. That if we help them this time, they won't learn anything and will just repeat and repeat their mistakes and poor decisions. I feel for you. My husband and I are having to really hold to taking awful stands with our difficult child but doing it anyother way simply does not work. {{{{HUGS to you}}}}} We are all in this together</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="natalieoh, post: 434612"] I have a dear friend who is a social worker and works in a dual diagnosis unit with mood disorder/chemically dependent people. She tells me all the time that her clients tell her that if their parents had been tougher on them they would have changed sooner. That as parents we have to operate OPPOSITE from our maternal instincts. That we have to be tough and hold them to standards that force them to be independent. That if we help them this time, they won't learn anything and will just repeat and repeat their mistakes and poor decisions. I feel for you. My husband and I are having to really hold to taking awful stands with our difficult child but doing it anyother way simply does not work. {{{{HUGS to you}}}}} We are all in this together [/QUOTE]
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