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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 562107" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>WWE,</p><p>I was in practically the same boat as you 2 yrs. ago. difficult child's behavior was abominable, he lied, cut school, showed up late for school, cursed us out, even told his teacher I made death threats against him, and they had to call CPS to investigate. He was lying, stealing, you name it. However, he was on drugs, too....don't know if that's an issue at all for your difficult child.</p><p>Anyway, at that time, the HS mandated that he be seen by a psychiatrist who was sanctioned by the school, and who turned out to be terrific. Unfortunately, once difficult child spewed all that venom to the psychiatrist about us, which the psychiatrist didn't believe, difficult child lost all interest in going and basically sat there mute through the sessions which cost us $350/50 minutes. psychiatrist said difficult child had no intention to stop using drugs, and that he had abandonment issues related to adoption. He said to be patient, wait things out, consequences were bound to affect him, and don't escalate or even respond to the lies and accusations...it's just their way of deflecting responsibility for their destructive choices.</p><p>Since difficult child doesn't live with you anymore, is he interested in seeing the psychiatrist? Would he participate? If so, that could be a very good thing. I'd rule out drug use, too, if possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 562107, member: 13882"] WWE, I was in practically the same boat as you 2 yrs. ago. difficult child's behavior was abominable, he lied, cut school, showed up late for school, cursed us out, even told his teacher I made death threats against him, and they had to call CPS to investigate. He was lying, stealing, you name it. However, he was on drugs, too....don't know if that's an issue at all for your difficult child. Anyway, at that time, the HS mandated that he be seen by a psychiatrist who was sanctioned by the school, and who turned out to be terrific. Unfortunately, once difficult child spewed all that venom to the psychiatrist about us, which the psychiatrist didn't believe, difficult child lost all interest in going and basically sat there mute through the sessions which cost us $350/50 minutes. psychiatrist said difficult child had no intention to stop using drugs, and that he had abandonment issues related to adoption. He said to be patient, wait things out, consequences were bound to affect him, and don't escalate or even respond to the lies and accusations...it's just their way of deflecting responsibility for their destructive choices. Since difficult child doesn't live with you anymore, is he interested in seeing the psychiatrist? Would he participate? If so, that could be a very good thing. I'd rule out drug use, too, if possible. [/QUOTE]
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