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[quote=Anonymous]I have a child who has behavioral challenges; they have cost me relationships with friends, put my career on the back burner and negatively affected my other child. I’ve had many different feelings over the years, the biggest and most consistent one being along the lines of “I wish this was easier for all of our sakes” and occasionally “I can’t believe this is my life”. And yes I have resented my kid. The resentment is not fair though, because it creeps in when I unconsciously think this is something my child is choosing or they could be better but they aren’t. And honestly that’s not true. If my life was totally disrupted because my child had cancer I might be angry at the universe or god or whatever but I don’t think I would resent my child. So I try hard to think that these are challenges that we are both facing against our will rather and that helps me a little. But I do agree there’s a lot of fear there; my child should be able to be independent but I worry they won’t be able to have meaningful relationships and will miss out on so much as a result. [/quote]

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