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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You knew what you signed up for when you adopt. Did you think you would have a "perfect" child? You knew you wouldn't know much about the child's history and anything, delays and special needs could be possible. [/quote]

I think this is uncalled for and not helpful.

I have a non-adopted, non-special needs child and everything you said above applies to me too. That doesn't mean it wasn't the shock of my life finding out how HARD and draining parenting is. I didn't expect it to be easy but I had NO IDEA how hard it was. The same is true of most people I know with kids, whether adopted or not  special needs or not. Telling someone in this place they should have known what to expect is just shame and guilt inducing and does nothing to help deal with the situation.

I love my kid more than I ever thought possible, but much of parenting is not fun. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

OP, you sound overwhelmed. At least you sound like I feel when I'm overwhelmed. I agree with PP who suggested finding help and support. Pick the problem that you think solving will make the biggest difference in your life, and make small changes to work on that problem. Hang in there![/quote]

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