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<blockquote data-quote="ROE" data-source="post: 45261" data-attributes="member: 2276"><p>I'm so sorry this has been a rough night. My difficult child did not hold on to things that long. He's the exact opposite-reacts/overreacts immediately without thinking. My difficult child had very poor impulse control especially when he was younger. He did alot of foolish destructive things not necessarily out of retaliation (sometimes yes). I did lock up or keep out of sight knives, camp axes, power tools etc...</p><p></p><p>I don't think that cutting things is necessarily a pre-cursor to cutting oneself. My difficult child was sometimes in the mood to "carve or cut"(to this day I have carvings in wood work, chunks hacked out of the work bench etc...grrrr)When I caught him messing around with the camp ax I locked it away-gave him a small pocket knife and a pile of scrap wood.</p><p></p><p>I know you said that your difficult child cut the rope in retaliation and maybe he did, but maybe he did it out of poor impulse control but he felt the need to give you a reason why when you asked. I dont' know, just a thought. When I would question my difficult child, "Why is there a gash in the sofa?, a hole drilled in the garden hose? etc.." initially he would lie and tell me he didn't do it minutes later he would confess (he had no choice-it was either him or the dog) but he never had a reason or excuse for why he did what he did. </p><p></p><p>If its any consolation, for as much destruction as my difficult child caused over the years, he never was and still is not a cutter.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope tomorrow is a better day for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ROE, post: 45261, member: 2276"] I'm so sorry this has been a rough night. My difficult child did not hold on to things that long. He's the exact opposite-reacts/overreacts immediately without thinking. My difficult child had very poor impulse control especially when he was younger. He did alot of foolish destructive things not necessarily out of retaliation (sometimes yes). I did lock up or keep out of sight knives, camp axes, power tools etc... I don't think that cutting things is necessarily a pre-cursor to cutting oneself. My difficult child was sometimes in the mood to "carve or cut"(to this day I have carvings in wood work, chunks hacked out of the work bench etc...grrrr)When I caught him messing around with the camp ax I locked it away-gave him a small pocket knife and a pile of scrap wood. I know you said that your difficult child cut the rope in retaliation and maybe he did, but maybe he did it out of poor impulse control but he felt the need to give you a reason why when you asked. I dont' know, just a thought. When I would question my difficult child, "Why is there a gash in the sofa?, a hole drilled in the garden hose? etc.." initially he would lie and tell me he didn't do it minutes later he would confess (he had no choice-it was either him or the dog) but he never had a reason or excuse for why he did what he did. If its any consolation, for as much destruction as my difficult child caused over the years, he never was and still is not a cutter. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. [/QUOTE]
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