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<blockquote data-quote="Nate" data-source="post: 70930" data-attributes="member: 4025"><p>He was recently diagnosed with ADHD and the psychatrist has put him on Concerta (18 mg). Over the past 4 to 5 years, this behavior has been getting worse. Approximately 2 years ago, we moved in with my fiancee and her 3 kids (Li=15 yrs(f), Lo=13 yrs(f)& H=11 yrs (m). His mother and I have been divorced since he was approximately 1.5 years old, he doesn't ever remember a time when we were together. I have had physical custody of him for the past 7 yrs and contact with his mother has been sparodic, but he does see her a number of times each year and an extended period in the summer. My fiancee works in the mental health field and is a wnderful resource, but she is out of ideas as well. We have tried multiple things to get him to confom, but nothing seems to work, including ignoring bad behavior (something I am really, really bad at) to removing privelages. He truly is a great kid under all the anger and can be a lot of fun. Lately though, every time I try to give him some added responsibility to allow him to do other things, he blows it and I have to remove it again, because I can't trust that he is going to do what he says he's going to do. One of the biggest problems, is girls. It seems that everything has to do with girls. I have forbidden him to spend time with the latest one...mouthy, rude and completely disrespectful to my son, my family and his mother's family. Now, he is telling me, that even though I have forbidden him from seeing her, he will still see her at school and has done exactly that, making the other kids wait for him while he spends time with her at the school. There was a big blow out last night, when I had to go into the school to get him to come out for the car pool. It went down hill from there, to a point where he would look at me tell me no I won't do ______ and then walks away. If I go after him, he runs. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for any advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nate, post: 70930, member: 4025"] He was recently diagnosed with ADHD and the psychatrist has put him on Concerta (18 mg). Over the past 4 to 5 years, this behavior has been getting worse. Approximately 2 years ago, we moved in with my fiancee and her 3 kids (Li=15 yrs(f), Lo=13 yrs(f)& H=11 yrs (m). His mother and I have been divorced since he was approximately 1.5 years old, he doesn't ever remember a time when we were together. I have had physical custody of him for the past 7 yrs and contact with his mother has been sparodic, but he does see her a number of times each year and an extended period in the summer. My fiancee works in the mental health field and is a wnderful resource, but she is out of ideas as well. We have tried multiple things to get him to confom, but nothing seems to work, including ignoring bad behavior (something I am really, really bad at) to removing privelages. He truly is a great kid under all the anger and can be a lot of fun. Lately though, every time I try to give him some added responsibility to allow him to do other things, he blows it and I have to remove it again, because I can't trust that he is going to do what he says he's going to do. One of the biggest problems, is girls. It seems that everything has to do with girls. I have forbidden him to spend time with the latest one...mouthy, rude and completely disrespectful to my son, my family and his mother's family. Now, he is telling me, that even though I have forbidden him from seeing her, he will still see her at school and has done exactly that, making the other kids wait for him while he spends time with her at the school. There was a big blow out last night, when I had to go into the school to get him to come out for the car pool. It went down hill from there, to a point where he would look at me tell me no I won't do ______ and then walks away. If I go after him, he runs. Thanks for any advice. [/QUOTE]
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