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<blockquote data-quote="Luminosity" data-source="post: 15594" data-attributes="member: 3357"><p>When I brought my difficult child home from psychiatric hospital first time I let him finish off the week at home to regroup. He just told people he had to go to the hospital because he was really sick. He told only his closest friends the truth. No one teased him, they were actually really concerned which shocked difficult child as he thought every hated him...???!!! By the next day it was old news and back to the some old routine.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to put them in but psychiatric hospital wouldn't take a child unless it was necessary. You did the right thing! Having them home is a mixed emotion too. It's hard to maintain the strict schedule they follow at psychiatric hospital and at first it worried me that we would be back to square one. That didn't happen for 6 months... but that is a whole other story...</p><p></p><p>I don't think he will be teased about being absent from school... but you never know with kids these days. A simple "I was really sick and need to go to the hospital" should suffice. If not then Marg's made up illness could be a way to distract from the questions.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to your difficult child on his first day back. Oh for my son... they didn't look for anything physical to be wrong. With all the different flus going around a simple I was really sick did the trick. I don't even think he told them he was at a hospital. Just home sick. Anyway, thoughts are with you and your difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luminosity, post: 15594, member: 3357"] When I brought my difficult child home from psychiatric hospital first time I let him finish off the week at home to regroup. He just told people he had to go to the hospital because he was really sick. He told only his closest friends the truth. No one teased him, they were actually really concerned which shocked difficult child as he thought every hated him...???!!! By the next day it was old news and back to the some old routine. It's hard to put them in but psychiatric hospital wouldn't take a child unless it was necessary. You did the right thing! Having them home is a mixed emotion too. It's hard to maintain the strict schedule they follow at psychiatric hospital and at first it worried me that we would be back to square one. That didn't happen for 6 months... but that is a whole other story... I don't think he will be teased about being absent from school... but you never know with kids these days. A simple "I was really sick and need to go to the hospital" should suffice. If not then Marg's made up illness could be a way to distract from the questions. Good luck to your difficult child on his first day back. Oh for my son... they didn't look for anything physical to be wrong. With all the different flus going around a simple I was really sick did the trick. I don't even think he told them he was at a hospital. Just home sick. Anyway, thoughts are with you and your difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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