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difficult child moved out the day after high school graduation
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<blockquote data-quote="tryagain" data-source="post: 538930" data-attributes="member: 14865"><p>Hi Tired of 33, I do appreciate you writing to me, the new kid on the block. To answer your observation about the lady agreeing he's a loser, etc., it is a peculiar situation whereby the lady is downright poor, but was asked to take this kid in because he had very little family and his step parent was a close friend of hers. The step parent could not afford him, either. I think that my daughter does feel sorry for him and has thrown her loyalty to him. We would gladly have welcomed him and tried to help him out, but he won't have anything to do with us. I think he resents us being a close-knit family and having it easier than he does. However, I keep telling her to bring him over. I'm trying to kill her with kindness so that when he's mean, maybe she'll finally appreciate us and realize that we can help her get to the true independence she craves. </p><p>Re the phone: MidwestMom also questioned us paying for the phone. Here's how I explained it in my reply post (believe me, we have wanted to take that phone so many times but the psychiatrist did not think we should for the following reasons): We have considered taking the phone, but again, there might be a real need for us to communicate with her (death of family member, etc.) and the lady they stay with is so poor, she could not pay cable this month...so the lady's phone isn't a great alternative. Also, she is hanging with some people who are a bit rough around the edges and we would want her to feel she had a way to call for help if needed. Thanks for answering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tryagain, post: 538930, member: 14865"] Hi Tired of 33, I do appreciate you writing to me, the new kid on the block. To answer your observation about the lady agreeing he's a loser, etc., it is a peculiar situation whereby the lady is downright poor, but was asked to take this kid in because he had very little family and his step parent was a close friend of hers. The step parent could not afford him, either. I think that my daughter does feel sorry for him and has thrown her loyalty to him. We would gladly have welcomed him and tried to help him out, but he won't have anything to do with us. I think he resents us being a close-knit family and having it easier than he does. However, I keep telling her to bring him over. I'm trying to kill her with kindness so that when he's mean, maybe she'll finally appreciate us and realize that we can help her get to the true independence she craves. Re the phone: MidwestMom also questioned us paying for the phone. Here's how I explained it in my reply post (believe me, we have wanted to take that phone so many times but the psychiatrist did not think we should for the following reasons): We have considered taking the phone, but again, there might be a real need for us to communicate with her (death of family member, etc.) and the lady they stay with is so poor, she could not pay cable this month...so the lady's phone isn't a great alternative. Also, she is hanging with some people who are a bit rough around the edges and we would want her to feel she had a way to call for help if needed. Thanks for answering. [/QUOTE]
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