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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 256214" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>With the other issues, in my humble opinion, it's probably both... But I am <strong>so not a doctor</strong> - I have my own subscriptions (libraries, really), so it's just a stab-in-the-dark guess. And her refusal to talk about stuff isn't helping...</p><p> </p><p>How's the friend thing doing? difficult child still calm?</p><p> </p><p>Hmmmmmm... It's Friday. difficult child 1 has been an angel this week so husband is taking her to Hot Topic for the Twilight DVD release at midnight. If your difficult child has been good... Does she like going out for ice cream? This is reasonably inexpensive. But here's my thought... She doesn't like talking about feelings. SO... This would be setting up for an explosion and defusing it. Kind of trickery, but not in a bad way. (Do with this suggestion what you wish...)</p><p> </p><p>"How would you <em>feel</em> [pause!!!!! This is the "setup"] if we (you, difficult child, friend) went out for ice cream tonight?" [DEFUSE - something cool]</p><p> </p><p>Or whatever, doesn't have to be ice cream. My point is getting her used to hearing the word feel associated with something else, not HER specifically. Kids will get used to hearing something then blurt out all kinds of informative bits. (difficult child 1 says "peace" when she leaves the room... I hold up victory signs on both hands and say... "peaces". Dumb joke. But when we were talking about her behavior later (<strong>much</strong> later), and I said something about all the pieces of the puzzle falling into place, she told me exactly what biomom and the creep had been doing. Then she looked surprised, but now that I knew... And that one was totally, <strong><em>totally </em></strong>by accident!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 256214, member: 6705"] With the other issues, in my humble opinion, it's probably both... But I am [B]so not a doctor[/B] - I have my own subscriptions (libraries, really), so it's just a stab-in-the-dark guess. And her refusal to talk about stuff isn't helping... How's the friend thing doing? difficult child still calm? Hmmmmmm... It's Friday. difficult child 1 has been an angel this week so husband is taking her to Hot Topic for the Twilight DVD release at midnight. If your difficult child has been good... Does she like going out for ice cream? This is reasonably inexpensive. But here's my thought... She doesn't like talking about feelings. SO... This would be setting up for an explosion and defusing it. Kind of trickery, but not in a bad way. (Do with this suggestion what you wish...) "How would you [I]feel[/I] [pause!!!!! This is the "setup"] if we (you, difficult child, friend) went out for ice cream tonight?" [DEFUSE - something cool] Or whatever, doesn't have to be ice cream. My point is getting her used to hearing the word feel associated with something else, not HER specifically. Kids will get used to hearing something then blurt out all kinds of informative bits. (difficult child 1 says "peace" when she leaves the room... I hold up victory signs on both hands and say... "peaces". Dumb joke. But when we were talking about her behavior later ([B]much[/B] later), and I said something about all the pieces of the puzzle falling into place, she told me exactly what biomom and the creep had been doing. Then she looked surprised, but now that I knew... And that one was totally, [B][I]totally [/I][/B]by accident!!! [/QUOTE]
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