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[quote=Anonymous]Well, I'll probably get judged for this but you do what you have to in the moment. My 12 y/o DS has been going to therapy for a couple of months to deal with anger and frustration tolerance. This week, he had a rough 24 hours and then appointment time came up. He was embarrassed that he'd have to discuss what had been going on and refused to go to the appointment, eventually got in the car, and then refused to get out when we got there. I tried coaxing, encouraging, demanding, but nothing worked. I left him in the car and went in to see the therapist myself. He wrote a note asking DS to come in so he could hear about his summer plans. I went back, showed DS the note and basically begged him to come in saying that I needed him to help ME do better and that we all have to work together to improve. That's what worked. Putting it on myself more than him, which is true. His dad and I are trying to parent him better/differently and we all have work to do. We ended up with a good therapy session and a happier evening. This shit is tough. [/quote]

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