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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think therapy can work, but you need the right therapist and possibly you need to set boundaries.

If your daughter keeps coming up with reasons for treating you poorly, perhaps ask the therapist what this might accomplish in terms of moving forward.

I agree with others in that therapists sometimes does not seem to recognize family obligations other than parent to child.  [b]Children have obligations to their parents as well, it's a two-way street.[/b][/quote]

:roll:  :roll:  :roll:

Sounds exactly like what an abusive parent would say. No, your kids do NOT have any obligations to you. You choose to have them! [/quote]

A lot of states still have laws on the books establishing responsibility of children to their elderly parents. And you still might get stuck burying them. I know a woman whose mom died while the woman was in grad school and working as a grad asst as well as part time off campus. Her brother had a job too. The mom had been disabled for years and on medicaid/SSI. County wouldn't bury her because immediate family did not qualify for medicaid themselves. Took the grad student 4 years to pay off the cc bill. [/quote]

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