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<blockquote data-quote="lovingmum96" data-source="post: 361636"><p>Hi Linda,</p><p> </p><p>yes we have our hands full and our hands tied because of EX. difficult child just started her cycles about 4 months ago. Her friends are girls at a religious school who would never dream of acting this way and in fact tell difficult child to "be nice to your mom" if they are around (she says "you don't know her" (meaning me)).</p><p> </p><p>I think our biggest challenge right now is to get difficult child the help she needs. EX muddies the waters by claiming that there is no problem, but also by convincing difficult child and anyone that treats her that we are somehow responsible for her behavior (he also denied ds's sleep disorder which has been clinically documented). Following her lead, difficult child does as well. It seems overwhelming, seriously. It also seems somewhat like the twilight zone -- we live with her, husband has been kind and caring toward difficult child and ds, I'm a respected and well regarded educational leader and EX didn't even want to visit regularly with difficult child until she was 10 (and now, because he can use her for leverage, that's all changed).</p><p> </p><p>it's not just verbal aggression any more. It can be serious intimidation during one of her episodes (for me) and while my head says "all children do well if they can" (meaning that these kind of behaviors are indicative of inner problems that they need our help to solve) it's scary and stressful. </p><p> </p><p>sigh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovingmum96, post: 361636"] Hi Linda, yes we have our hands full and our hands tied because of EX. difficult child just started her cycles about 4 months ago. Her friends are girls at a religious school who would never dream of acting this way and in fact tell difficult child to "be nice to your mom" if they are around (she says "you don't know her" (meaning me)). I think our biggest challenge right now is to get difficult child the help she needs. EX muddies the waters by claiming that there is no problem, but also by convincing difficult child and anyone that treats her that we are somehow responsible for her behavior (he also denied ds's sleep disorder which has been clinically documented). Following her lead, difficult child does as well. It seems overwhelming, seriously. It also seems somewhat like the twilight zone -- we live with her, husband has been kind and caring toward difficult child and ds, I'm a respected and well regarded educational leader and EX didn't even want to visit regularly with difficult child until she was 10 (and now, because he can use her for leverage, that's all changed). it's not just verbal aggression any more. It can be serious intimidation during one of her episodes (for me) and while my head says "all children do well if they can" (meaning that these kind of behaviors are indicative of inner problems that they need our help to solve) it's scary and stressful. sigh [/QUOTE]
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