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Resentful feelings for having an unperfect kid. (looooong, whiny and stupid post)
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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 536472" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Suzir, I understand what you're saying. I don't think it's a whiny, stupid post, I think it is what you feel, what many of us feel and you have every right to those feelings, they're real. difficult child's come with their unique ways of doing life, and we as parents come with our expectations of our kids. Sometimes the gap between those two is staggering in it's size. Our disappointments are painful. My difficult child was an honors student who quit High School 3 months before graduation because she wanted to move to LA with 2 other difficult child's. One of hundreds of poor choices she's made which made no sense. </p><p></p><p>I understand your resentments and you have a right to them. I hope in expressing your feelings that they begin to dissipate. One of the many things we as the parents to difficult child's have to do is to lower or change our expectations of our difficult child's, for their sake, as well as ours. We're not on the usual "parenting plan" offering us the usual "parenting experience." However, we are still human, with human feelings and disappointments. It sounds as if you understand your difficult child well and know that this may be in fact, the best path for him. You got him this far and that is a lot to celebrate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 536472, member: 13542"] Suzir, I understand what you're saying. I don't think it's a whiny, stupid post, I think it is what you feel, what many of us feel and you have every right to those feelings, they're real. difficult child's come with their unique ways of doing life, and we as parents come with our expectations of our kids. Sometimes the gap between those two is staggering in it's size. Our disappointments are painful. My difficult child was an honors student who quit High School 3 months before graduation because she wanted to move to LA with 2 other difficult child's. One of hundreds of poor choices she's made which made no sense. I understand your resentments and you have a right to them. I hope in expressing your feelings that they begin to dissipate. One of the many things we as the parents to difficult child's have to do is to lower or change our expectations of our difficult child's, for their sake, as well as ours. We're not on the usual "parenting plan" offering us the usual "parenting experience." However, we are still human, with human feelings and disappointments. It sounds as if you understand your difficult child well and know that this may be in fact, the best path for him. You got him this far and that is a lot to celebrate. [/QUOTE]
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