So let's see....
We left off with difficult child really furious because she had gotten herself into trouble for having a suspicious stash of candy in her bedroom....and she swore up and down that that was it and there wasn't any more.
That was Sunday.
On Monday, I searched her bedroom and found (yes, you guessed it) more candy wrappers, food wrappers and whole new packs of gum. I removed it...
On Tuesday, I discovered her with new makeup....and no good explanation as to where it came from. So I sent her to her bedroom. After a minute or two, I went in to her room to calmly discuss the situation with her and discovered MORE GUM. Where did this come from? She says it's her brothers....
So DS gets called in--he says the gum is difficult child's. She asked him to hide it for her so Mom wouldn't find it during a bedroom search. difficult child denies it and says HE must have taken the gum and is just blaming her...
My calm demeanor is now fading fast, so I clench my teeth and I tell him that if he has anything else in his bedroom he'd better get it now. He disappears into his room and returns with make-up and hair clips. difficult child is still screaming "That's not mine! That's not mine!!"--but since I have yet to catch DS wearing eyeshadow and barrettes, her story is not washing with me.
So I have the two of them wait in their bedrooms until husband gets home. He and I discussed what to do about all this stuff that difficult child has--we suspect that she has been stealing it from her volunteer job....but of course, difficult child swears that some of the stuff belongs to DS and some of the stuff was a gift from her boss. We decide to contact her boss and verify the story...
difficult child, obviously eavesdropping on our conversation, loses it in her back bedroom and begins slamming her head into her closet door. I guess that she figured she would teach us a lesson by giving herself a concussion...
husband calmly informed difficult child that if she continued to hurt herself, he will take her to the emergency room...who will transfer her to psychiatric hospital. After some growling, screaming and threatening....difficult child did indeed stop slamming her head. We fed her dinner and sent her to bed.
This morning, difficult child reported to her volunteer job as usual...
No word yet on whether the boss has read our email.
So, I guess I am just waiting to hear what happens next...
--DaisyF
We left off with difficult child really furious because she had gotten herself into trouble for having a suspicious stash of candy in her bedroom....and she swore up and down that that was it and there wasn't any more.
That was Sunday.
On Monday, I searched her bedroom and found (yes, you guessed it) more candy wrappers, food wrappers and whole new packs of gum. I removed it...
On Tuesday, I discovered her with new makeup....and no good explanation as to where it came from. So I sent her to her bedroom. After a minute or two, I went in to her room to calmly discuss the situation with her and discovered MORE GUM. Where did this come from? She says it's her brothers....
So DS gets called in--he says the gum is difficult child's. She asked him to hide it for her so Mom wouldn't find it during a bedroom search. difficult child denies it and says HE must have taken the gum and is just blaming her...
My calm demeanor is now fading fast, so I clench my teeth and I tell him that if he has anything else in his bedroom he'd better get it now. He disappears into his room and returns with make-up and hair clips. difficult child is still screaming "That's not mine! That's not mine!!"--but since I have yet to catch DS wearing eyeshadow and barrettes, her story is not washing with me.
So I have the two of them wait in their bedrooms until husband gets home. He and I discussed what to do about all this stuff that difficult child has--we suspect that she has been stealing it from her volunteer job....but of course, difficult child swears that some of the stuff belongs to DS and some of the stuff was a gift from her boss. We decide to contact her boss and verify the story...
difficult child, obviously eavesdropping on our conversation, loses it in her back bedroom and begins slamming her head into her closet door. I guess that she figured she would teach us a lesson by giving herself a concussion...
husband calmly informed difficult child that if she continued to hurt herself, he will take her to the emergency room...who will transfer her to psychiatric hospital. After some growling, screaming and threatening....difficult child did indeed stop slamming her head. We fed her dinner and sent her to bed.
This morning, difficult child reported to her volunteer job as usual...
No word yet on whether the boss has read our email.
So, I guess I am just waiting to hear what happens next...
--DaisyF