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Oh Boy! No, we certainly didn't receive a list like this in any of our training classes. More like "your child might have a temper tantrum everyday, are you prepared to stay calm for that?"
What they didn't say was "Your child might have a temper tantrum every day that lasts anywhere from 20 min. to 8 hours and while she's screaming at the top of her lungs, throwing herself at the wall, on the floor, tripping her brothers, clawing her face, pulling her hair and yours, refuses to let you touch her, hold her, or comfort her, and tells you that you are the meanest mommy ever for making her pick up her cup off the floor that she threw, you will need to stay calm, collected, focused, in control and do not under any circumstances run for the wine and valium cabinet".
Nope, no list like yours dad. But I agree, I probably wouldn't have believed these things anyway, thinking "no child of mine would do that because we'll be the best loving parents, make sure we know all their diagnosis', and if a parent can't stop a tantrum within 5 minutes, they shouldn't be parents in the first place." That was then...
I will post later after gymnastics though for another list of "are you ready for.....positive behavior insert here". We've got the good, the bad and the ugly and yet the love we have for our kids is truly there. I do like your list though, you should send it to some pre adoptive parenting classes.
More later,
Crick
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