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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 165854" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Gosh, that's a tough one. If difficult child stepdau were put on medications, could you and your husband and his ex sit down with-a dr and have the dr be the "Bad Guy" and tell his ex just how important it is?</p><p> </p><p>I'm not sure taking the journals away is the best idea. I'm thinking it's a way for her to blow off steam in private. Better than actually hitting you or something. My mother used to plough through our drawers and look for our journals when we were kids, to see what we wrote about her. All it did was make me want to write more, and hate her more, because it was my only outlet. I couldn't tell my friends about her because it was a big small town and I knew how awful gossip could be. (Not that it's the same situation, just that kids need an outlet.)</p><p>Just my 2 cents worth.</p><p>I agree that you should talk to your husband and find someone to take your stepdau to. And do family counseling. You will learn some very useful tools and new behaviors.</p><p>Have you read Ross Greene's The Explosive Child? Most everyone here loves it. I'd recommend it. Maybe you could have your husband read it, and then suggest counseling when he's digested some of the ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 165854, member: 3419"] Gosh, that's a tough one. If difficult child stepdau were put on medications, could you and your husband and his ex sit down with-a dr and have the dr be the "Bad Guy" and tell his ex just how important it is? I'm not sure taking the journals away is the best idea. I'm thinking it's a way for her to blow off steam in private. Better than actually hitting you or something. My mother used to plough through our drawers and look for our journals when we were kids, to see what we wrote about her. All it did was make me want to write more, and hate her more, because it was my only outlet. I couldn't tell my friends about her because it was a big small town and I knew how awful gossip could be. (Not that it's the same situation, just that kids need an outlet.) Just my 2 cents worth. I agree that you should talk to your husband and find someone to take your stepdau to. And do family counseling. You will learn some very useful tools and new behaviors. Have you read Ross Greene's The Explosive Child? Most everyone here loves it. I'd recommend it. Maybe you could have your husband read it, and then suggest counseling when he's digested some of the ideas. [/QUOTE]
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