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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 331875" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Divorce is very hard on kids. I know. I went through one. I noticed lots of behavior problems during and after that were not there before, especially with my then eight year old. Divorce is one of the big stressors in life and your son is very young. I do believe that, if this is new behavior, it's due to the divorce. I don't know the particulars, but kids tend to know when things are very wrong and react to it. All three of my kids were extremely upset and angry too.</p><p>My advice is to keep him in therapy and give him time to heal. in my opinion this isn't a good time to keep him in his room for lying. I would cut a little slack due to the situation then ask the therapist how to best deal with it. Ignore the lies. He may well be looking for attention. My daughter told the entire third grade that her father sold candy, then she'd ask me for money, buy candy and hand it out to everyone, telling them she got it for free from Dad. She told me that she wanted the kids to like her. She was really griefstricken over the divorce...all kids are different, but it was very very hard on her. She felt as if she didn't have either of our full attention anymore and reacted poorly to that. Warning: If there is already a new honey in hub's life, and, worse, her kids...that will make it even harder. (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 331875, member: 1550"] Divorce is very hard on kids. I know. I went through one. I noticed lots of behavior problems during and after that were not there before, especially with my then eight year old. Divorce is one of the big stressors in life and your son is very young. I do believe that, if this is new behavior, it's due to the divorce. I don't know the particulars, but kids tend to know when things are very wrong and react to it. All three of my kids were extremely upset and angry too. My advice is to keep him in therapy and give him time to heal. in my opinion this isn't a good time to keep him in his room for lying. I would cut a little slack due to the situation then ask the therapist how to best deal with it. Ignore the lies. He may well be looking for attention. My daughter told the entire third grade that her father sold candy, then she'd ask me for money, buy candy and hand it out to everyone, telling them she got it for free from Dad. She told me that she wanted the kids to like her. She was really griefstricken over the divorce...all kids are different, but it was very very hard on her. She felt as if she didn't have either of our full attention anymore and reacted poorly to that. Warning: If there is already a new honey in hub's life, and, worse, her kids...that will make it even harder. (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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