I'm sorry I didn't watch it. Was the difficult child adopted? I know I shouldn't say anything without having watched it but I will anyway lol.
I am a softie too. I think I was the only one who voted DDD should buy her difficult child gout medications. And the mom in me would want to bring difficult child clean clothes to wear too. But don't we often say th eopposite? Don't we preach not to enable our difficult child's and let them hit bottom? So dressing her up for the intervention is for show then or to make us feel better. In defense of Dr. Phil, he is privy to a lot more information than they actually show on the episode. Like he always says, he does his homework and he studies all the information gathered by his producers. He once showed a huge binder filled with background info and he says they do this for every guest. So when he calls a mom out for enabling her child he is usually right and it's more than just clean clothes.
Having said that, our difficult children are very good at manipulating until we finally have had it. My difficult child cannot get anything out of me anymore unless I really really want to give it to her. So that's where the tough love comes for me.
The other thing about Dr. Phil is that he has put many drug addicts though very expensive rehab programs at his expense and has brought drug addiction and its effect on families out in the open. I will admit last season I thought some of his shows were bordering on Jerry Springer stuff, but this season with his addiction series and domestic violence series I think he is doing a lot of good.
Nancy