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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 598691"><p>Thank you very much Barbara!</p><p>I literally will do what you said...placing my child in God's hands in my mind's eye.</p><p>AND safety was what this was largely about. She doesn't seem to be in her right mind this moment AND as we all know here, the telephone is a life line.</p><p>However, I just got confirmation that I did the right thing. She borrowed a phone...had moments to talk. Unfortunately, she is lying much more than usual of late. She said that my last text came in after the phone was turned off at 1 p.m. Hmmm. However, I texted her at NOON and said that I was seriously thinking of turning her phone off if she did not respond to my question. Then at 12:35, I said that we had decided to turn the phone off at 1 if she didn't respond. Then, at 12:45, I said to make sure she had access to a phone for safety reasons, because if she didn't respond, we were turning the phone off at 1 and we were already making the arrangements...bottom line...she technically was warned one hour before and my husband said we were seriously considering it 1.5 hours before. SHE KNEW...SHE LIES. The lying is sad and also concerning.</p><p></p><p>husband and I talked briefly. We are going to tell her it doesn't go back on until she agrees to 1) Return all calls and texts in a timely manner. Even if she is busy (she doesn't work...soo...) at least text and say that she is busy and will text back asap...and then REALLY do so and to not do this often and 2) be respectful on the phone and return calls/texts in a timely manner and 3) stop the lying.</p><p></p><p>We'll see. The phone is just a very hard thing to negotiate with...a matter of safety. But difficult child's are thick headed and risk their safety. It is so very sad and scary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 598691"] Thank you very much Barbara! I literally will do what you said...placing my child in God's hands in my mind's eye. AND safety was what this was largely about. She doesn't seem to be in her right mind this moment AND as we all know here, the telephone is a life line. However, I just got confirmation that I did the right thing. She borrowed a phone...had moments to talk. Unfortunately, she is lying much more than usual of late. She said that my last text came in after the phone was turned off at 1 p.m. Hmmm. However, I texted her at NOON and said that I was seriously thinking of turning her phone off if she did not respond to my question. Then at 12:35, I said that we had decided to turn the phone off at 1 if she didn't respond. Then, at 12:45, I said to make sure she had access to a phone for safety reasons, because if she didn't respond, we were turning the phone off at 1 and we were already making the arrangements...bottom line...she technically was warned one hour before and my husband said we were seriously considering it 1.5 hours before. SHE KNEW...SHE LIES. The lying is sad and also concerning. husband and I talked briefly. We are going to tell her it doesn't go back on until she agrees to 1) Return all calls and texts in a timely manner. Even if she is busy (she doesn't work...soo...) at least text and say that she is busy and will text back asap...and then REALLY do so and to not do this often and 2) be respectful on the phone and return calls/texts in a timely manner and 3) stop the lying. We'll see. The phone is just a very hard thing to negotiate with...a matter of safety. But difficult child's are thick headed and risk their safety. It is so very sad and scary. [/QUOTE]
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