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<blockquote data-quote="LJFromOz" data-source="post: 745886" data-attributes="member: 23557"><p>Thank you so much for all your lovely replies. I woke up this morning feeling fragile and then opened my laptop to find all these lovely messages had been posted while I was sleeping. Just knowing I am not the only mother facing this situation today makes it easier.</p><p></p><p>Tired Out - I'm going to go back and read your early posts. Thanks so much for your support.</p><p></p><p>Elizabrary, thank you for the advice. I am very concerned that his behavior will escalate once we outline the plan to him, or if not then, when we follow through. I am very fortunate that my husband and I are on the same page with this - it helps not to be alone.</p><p></p><p>I know this is the last thing I should worry about but I really fear the judgement of others. I feel like everyone is looking at our family and thinking that my husband and I are the worst parents in the world. It doesn't help that a lot of the time I feel like that might be true. But then I think about all the kids I've taught who were physically abused and worse, or who lived in terrible poverty and still managed to grow up and get themselves jobs and contribute to society. I honestly don't know where we went wrong with Difficult Child. We did make mistakes, I know that, but I don't think they were any worse than the average parent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LJFromOz, post: 745886, member: 23557"] Thank you so much for all your lovely replies. I woke up this morning feeling fragile and then opened my laptop to find all these lovely messages had been posted while I was sleeping. Just knowing I am not the only mother facing this situation today makes it easier. Tired Out - I'm going to go back and read your early posts. Thanks so much for your support. Elizabrary, thank you for the advice. I am very concerned that his behavior will escalate once we outline the plan to him, or if not then, when we follow through. I am very fortunate that my husband and I are on the same page with this - it helps not to be alone. I know this is the last thing I should worry about but I really fear the judgement of others. I feel like everyone is looking at our family and thinking that my husband and I are the worst parents in the world. It doesn't help that a lot of the time I feel like that might be true. But then I think about all the kids I've taught who were physically abused and worse, or who lived in terrible poverty and still managed to grow up and get themselves jobs and contribute to society. I honestly don't know where we went wrong with Difficult Child. We did make mistakes, I know that, but I don't think they were any worse than the average parent. [/QUOTE]
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