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[quote=Anonymous]Big hugs to you, frazzled mom, 'cause I totally hear you.  I have found this through the years with all kinds of therapists, and after awhile I really began to chafe at the pushiness of some more than others.  Our abilities and resources are finite, there is no doubt.  In your mind, figure out what boundary you're willing to go to, stop there, and don't let people budge you.  At one point, one of our kids was on the docket for surgery and we were waffling about one of the issues involved and I had a practitioner snap at me, "Well, don't you want the BEST for him?"  At that point, I would have given my left arm to make him better.  Everything always looks easier from their perspective because they aren't living your day to day life.

We have three children, not all with special needs, and it always cracks me up how much they think I can alter my other children's existence to make all of this work.  I recently decided to pull my daughter out of a private preschool because, among other things, the commute was just causing all kinds of issues for my other two kids that they didn't deserve – it was just all too much.  Don't let ANYone shame you into doing more than you are able to do – do what is best for you and your family as a whole, a picture the therapists cannot always clearly be privy to, because in the end the sanctity and happiness of your entire family is more important.[/quote]

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