Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Bringing our stress from raising our difficult child's to our job
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="idohope" data-source="post: 512939" data-attributes="member: 7722"><p>I once had to give a presentation at work at 9:00am. difficult child (11 at the time) did not want me to go to work that morning. I left and her Dad was to get her to school. I took a call from her as I was driving to work. She had her Dads cell and had disconnected the home phone. She was in her room with a large pair of scissors threatening to kill herself if I did not turn around and come home. Her Dad was getting easy child 2 on the bus and I could not reach him because difficult child had his cell had disconnected the home phone. I told her I would call 911 and send them to our house if she did not put down the scissors. She told me she put the scissors down. I kept talking to her until her Dad finally came into her room. (I was confident in the bluffing aspect here. I would have made the 911 call in an instant if I had thought she was about to hurt herself). Then spent 20 minutes of my commute crying and then recovering. I arrived at work and gave my presentation. Most people can not imagine the type of stress parents of difficult children carry with them. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand people come to me at work when there is a need for conflict resolution. Co-workers not getting along, petty turf wars are a piece of cake compared to getting a difficult child to go to school, take a shower etc. Plan B is very effective in multiple situations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idohope, post: 512939, member: 7722"] I once had to give a presentation at work at 9:00am. difficult child (11 at the time) did not want me to go to work that morning. I left and her Dad was to get her to school. I took a call from her as I was driving to work. She had her Dads cell and had disconnected the home phone. She was in her room with a large pair of scissors threatening to kill herself if I did not turn around and come home. Her Dad was getting easy child 2 on the bus and I could not reach him because difficult child had his cell had disconnected the home phone. I told her I would call 911 and send them to our house if she did not put down the scissors. She told me she put the scissors down. I kept talking to her until her Dad finally came into her room. (I was confident in the bluffing aspect here. I would have made the 911 call in an instant if I had thought she was about to hurt herself). Then spent 20 minutes of my commute crying and then recovering. I arrived at work and gave my presentation. Most people can not imagine the type of stress parents of difficult children carry with them. On the other hand people come to me at work when there is a need for conflict resolution. Co-workers not getting along, petty turf wars are a piece of cake compared to getting a difficult child to go to school, take a shower etc. Plan B is very effective in multiple situations. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Bringing our stress from raising our difficult child's to our job
Top