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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 645906" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>I thought about this post for a long time, Lil.</p><p></p><p>You are right. easy child kids do rave around and make life uproariously difficult and make moms feel terrible during their adolescences.</p><p></p><p>But they grow out of it.</p><p></p><p>Their self centeredness is different, is about them, tends not to be a manipulation, I think.</p><p></p><p>I think that is true.</p><p></p><p>They want what they want and they get mad.</p><p></p><p>But they seem not to get entitled.</p><p></p><p>That is one difference.</p><p></p><p>When difficult child daughter first started running away, she would come home for her allowance.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>The similarities, the similar kinds of pain, similar almost to wording, of the things that have happened to each of us here...there is something eerie about that. It is a chilling thought that there could be one child that would cut his mother to the heart, that would knowingly humiliate either of the parents...but all of our difficult child kids do it.</p><p></p><p>And they use almost the same words.</p><p></p><p>Seeking Strength, I remember that especially from your earlier posts.</p><p></p><p>MWM, I remember your posts about your son, and how hard it was for me to read them and how I kept going back and reading them again and again until I finally could break through my denial about what was happening with my own son.</p><p></p><p>If our children were afflicted in some other way, if theirs were physical illnesses, we would look at that straight on. However bad it was, we would face it and cope.</p><p></p><p>I know I would.</p><p></p><p>I know you from your posts, and I believe you would, too.</p><p></p><p>What is it about coping with our difficult child children that prevents us from getting a handle on how to respond appropriately without destroying ourselves?</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 645906, member: 17461"] I thought about this post for a long time, Lil. You are right. easy child kids do rave around and make life uproariously difficult and make moms feel terrible during their adolescences. But they grow out of it. Their self centeredness is different, is about them, tends not to be a manipulation, I think. I think that is true. They want what they want and they get mad. But they seem not to get entitled. That is one difference. When difficult child daughter first started running away, she would come home for her allowance. *** The similarities, the similar kinds of pain, similar almost to wording, of the things that have happened to each of us here...there is something eerie about that. It is a chilling thought that there could be one child that would cut his mother to the heart, that would knowingly humiliate either of the parents...but all of our difficult child kids do it. And they use almost the same words. Seeking Strength, I remember that especially from your earlier posts. MWM, I remember your posts about your son, and how hard it was for me to read them and how I kept going back and reading them again and again until I finally could break through my denial about what was happening with my own son. If our children were afflicted in some other way, if theirs were physical illnesses, we would look at that straight on. However bad it was, we would face it and cope. I know I would. I know you from your posts, and I believe you would, too. What is it about coping with our difficult child children that prevents us from getting a handle on how to respond appropriately without destroying ourselves? Cedar [/QUOTE]
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