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22 year old bipolar who is difficult to live with -- PART 2
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 607388"><p>My story is slightly different, yet MUCH the same. My difficult child daughter is on disability. So, although my husband is the designated payee and using the money for her check to pay her rent (otherwise, believe me she would spend it and NOT have a roof over her head). I am very impressed with how steadfast you have been. Sadly, our daughter moves constantly for one reason or another. But we have detached about that and of course, this makes it easier on us. Anyway, she does come to stay with us overnight from time to time. Last night, she stayed at our house. She wasn't the neatest person in the world, but she was polite and ok. She was not rude and followed the rules we asked of her...which was come, go to sleep, clean up and leave first thing in the morning, which was no later than 8 a.m. She followed the rules. It took a long time to get to this point. It took years before she would stop calling us at the crack of dawn! We simply would NOT answer her calls. The rule is during the week, she can call at 7:30 a.m. (which I think is generous) and on Sat. and Sun., the earliest is 9 a.m. She can't call past 11 p.m. ever. We just don't answer her calls other times. She has lost that privilege. It took about two years of us NOT answering her calls and repeated reminders. So, it is possible to train them to act differently. Just tough and takes a l o n g time. It might be tough for him to get a job, BUT, one never knows unless they make a REAL effort. I think you are doing wonderfully!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 607388"] My story is slightly different, yet MUCH the same. My difficult child daughter is on disability. So, although my husband is the designated payee and using the money for her check to pay her rent (otherwise, believe me she would spend it and NOT have a roof over her head). I am very impressed with how steadfast you have been. Sadly, our daughter moves constantly for one reason or another. But we have detached about that and of course, this makes it easier on us. Anyway, she does come to stay with us overnight from time to time. Last night, she stayed at our house. She wasn't the neatest person in the world, but she was polite and ok. She was not rude and followed the rules we asked of her...which was come, go to sleep, clean up and leave first thing in the morning, which was no later than 8 a.m. She followed the rules. It took a long time to get to this point. It took years before she would stop calling us at the crack of dawn! We simply would NOT answer her calls. The rule is during the week, she can call at 7:30 a.m. (which I think is generous) and on Sat. and Sun., the earliest is 9 a.m. She can't call past 11 p.m. ever. We just don't answer her calls other times. She has lost that privilege. It took about two years of us NOT answering her calls and repeated reminders. So, it is possible to train them to act differently. Just tough and takes a l o n g time. It might be tough for him to get a job, BUT, one never knows unless they make a REAL effort. I think you are doing wonderfully! [/QUOTE]
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