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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP. It's just sucks that the people you need support from feel they need to opine instead of support. Families are complicated. Sending hugs.[/quote]

Thanks. It’s definitely tough, on a day when we were really happy and wanted to share DD’s progress, to have my dad instead try to lecture me about how “many educators aren’t well qualified” and about how he is therefore skeptical of the assessment results.

Well yes, but without a shred of knowledge about the qualifications of DD’s team, it’s just unhelpful.[/quote]

I think you should feel 100 percent confident saying “dad I know you mean well but that’s not helpful.” And disengage from the conversation. My MIL I very anxious and managed her anxiety by reading up on the doctors we see and if there’s a medical issue she will WebMD herself insane. My SIL just doesn’t tell her anything. My husband gives the same info we give to my parents and then just cuts off the insanity- telling her certain things aren’t up for discussion, reminding her we’ve made our decisions, just not responding to “helpful” links she sends.

You can’t be good enough for some people for some reason. Partly because resources are finite and partly because your kid is more than just their challenges. When you accept that this is how they are and focus on your own reaction it gets better.[/quote]

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