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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 9220" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Thanks, Sunny, I can't TELL you how many times I picked up the phone to cancel that trip. As a matter of fact, I DID cancel it once but then rescheduled. </p><p></p><p>Yes, I'd say my son is settling in. His pattern has always been to behave like an angel for the first couple of weeks in any new situation, but, then, when he's feeling more comfortable, he begins to question the rules and try to manipulate just about anything that doesn't suit him. In this case, he's decided that one very grim (I have to agree) staff member should be fired because, as he says, "If he liked his job, he'd act like it, and, since he obviously hates it, he's a bad example for us and shouldn't be working in a place like this." He's done analyses of how certain things are handled differently in his house as opposed to a couple of the other houses this youth service organization runs and has confronted his easy child with what he feels are those inequalities. Other than the fact that his easy child undoubtedly finds him a major pain in the </p><p>a-s, he's following the rules. If anything, they may send him home early just to get rid of him. </p><p></p><p>That's another reason why I've had to back off emotionally because there is absolutely no way I can smooth his way this time, nor should I try at his age. I must say that, now that I can accept this emotionally in addition to intellectually, I feel as though a load has been lifted from my shoulders and placed onto his where it belongs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 9220, member: 1835"] Thanks, Sunny, I can't TELL you how many times I picked up the phone to cancel that trip. As a matter of fact, I DID cancel it once but then rescheduled. Yes, I'd say my son is settling in. His pattern has always been to behave like an angel for the first couple of weeks in any new situation, but, then, when he's feeling more comfortable, he begins to question the rules and try to manipulate just about anything that doesn't suit him. In this case, he's decided that one very grim (I have to agree) staff member should be fired because, as he says, "If he liked his job, he'd act like it, and, since he obviously hates it, he's a bad example for us and shouldn't be working in a place like this." He's done analyses of how certain things are handled differently in his house as opposed to a couple of the other houses this youth service organization runs and has confronted his easy child with what he feels are those inequalities. Other than the fact that his easy child undoubtedly finds him a major pain in the a-s, he's following the rules. If anything, they may send him home early just to get rid of him. That's another reason why I've had to back off emotionally because there is absolutely no way I can smooth his way this time, nor should I try at his age. I must say that, now that I can accept this emotionally in addition to intellectually, I feel as though a load has been lifted from my shoulders and placed onto his where it belongs. [/QUOTE]
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