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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 239042" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Hello--</p><p> </p><p>My difficult child wrote out a "Kill List" (Yes, that was the title on the page, in big bold letters) naming all of the kids upon whom she was going to exact her revenge and she put it in her back pack to bring to school. </p><p> </p><p>Thank God I intercepted that list!</p><p> </p><p>First, and foremost, I made sure that difficult child had no weapons and no credible plan for actually doing harm to these other students. Next I told her therapist about the exact nature of the list....and finally I let the school guidance counselor know that difficult child was having "difficulties" with the students that she had listed.</p><p> </p><p>I knew that if I had just gone directly to the school with the list--my daughter would have been reported to the police as a "terrorist" or some other such thing. Instead, I made sure that the school counselors were aware that difficult child was feeling animosity toward certain students that she was not getting along with--and the teachers were able to investigate what was happening between the kids and then the school made a few changes in order to separate difficult child from having classes with these students.</p><p> </p><p>So while I think that you are correct to want to let the school know what is happening--I think that you need to be careful exactly how you present them the information. Perhaps instead of talking about lighters specifically, you might say that you are concerned that this friend is talking about bringing "inappropriate items" to school, and you are just wondering if the teachers feel that this is meant as a joke or something they need to be concerned about.</p><p> </p><p>That should "get the ball rolling" as it were...</p><p> </p><p>Good luck!</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 239042, member: 6546"] Hello-- My difficult child wrote out a "Kill List" (Yes, that was the title on the page, in big bold letters) naming all of the kids upon whom she was going to exact her revenge and she put it in her back pack to bring to school. Thank God I intercepted that list! First, and foremost, I made sure that difficult child had no weapons and no credible plan for actually doing harm to these other students. Next I told her therapist about the exact nature of the list....and finally I let the school guidance counselor know that difficult child was having "difficulties" with the students that she had listed. I knew that if I had just gone directly to the school with the list--my daughter would have been reported to the police as a "terrorist" or some other such thing. Instead, I made sure that the school counselors were aware that difficult child was feeling animosity toward certain students that she was not getting along with--and the teachers were able to investigate what was happening between the kids and then the school made a few changes in order to separate difficult child from having classes with these students. So while I think that you are correct to want to let the school know what is happening--I think that you need to be careful exactly how you present them the information. Perhaps instead of talking about lighters specifically, you might say that you are concerned that this friend is talking about bringing "inappropriate items" to school, and you are just wondering if the teachers feel that this is meant as a joke or something they need to be concerned about. That should "get the ball rolling" as it were... Good luck! --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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