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[quote=Anonymous]And she’s not taking it well and I don’t know what to do.

WE, his parents, have a hard time connecting with him. We mourned a bit, then learned how to find small ways to connect, respect his space, and embrace the time he DOES want to spend with us. It’s normal and we WANT him to launch, and this is step one.

DS used to spend nearly every weekend with his grandma in some capacity. She’d take him to museums, the zoo, movies, etc. It started dwindling around middle school, and now at 14, he has a little life of his own and we are happy with the time he chooses to share with us. But we ALL have to share that time. ILs are understanding about it. My mom, not at all.

The worst part is she guilt trips him. He does give her an afternoon about once a month, happily, to have lunch and to do something else with her. But she wants more. If he turns her down one week but says, let’s have lunch next week, she says, “That would be nice, but we don’t have to if you don’t want to.”

We’ve tried to tell her that it isn’t personal, that WE don’t see him much either. But it’s like she just doesn’t get it. If you’ve BT/DT, any advice? [/quote]

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