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Susan Barbieri's avatar

These are beautiful thoughts and suggestions. Luckily, things went smoothly this Christmas. I asked for daughter to tone down the masculine expression of the outfit she was planning and she did! And she even went so far as to wear a dress!

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Stella O'Malley's avatar

Oh Susan, that sounds so interesting!!

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MadWorld's avatar

Thanks so much, Stella. This is exactly what I needed to hear.

It's been a long six years since my beautiful, happy girl fell into this mess and I've worked endlessly (as a solo parent) to maintain our close relationship, but it has all fallen apart recently. My utter exhaustion and terror of impending medicalisation have resulted in some god-awful rows between myself and my just-turned-18 "adult" kid. A lot of painful truths have come out and we can barely be in the same room together.

The good news is that she has agreed to some family therapy sessions with me and an exploratory therapist... We just need to get through the next few weeks before the therapist gets back from holidays. You have given me hope that we can repair things between us.

Happy new year to you.

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Stella O'Malley's avatar

Sometimes these things need to come to a head, six years is a very long time for both of you. Best of luck with everything

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Michelle Pol's avatar

So true! I did have an upset with my son just before Christmas. I did feel it was all lost. I had let myself down. We did find away forward. It's hard, yet it's beneficial. Thanks for the reminder.

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Stella O'Malley's avatar

I'm glad to hear it x

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