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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 584658" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>(((((hugs))))</p><p></p><p>I am glad they kept him. Do you feel safe having him come back home tomorrow? Will easy child feel safe if difficult child comes home tomorrow? You CAN push them to admit him to the adolescent treatment place if you feel easy child, husband, you, or difficult child will not be safe if he comes back home so soon. I have been concerned about his violence toward you and easy child for quite some time now.</p><p></p><p>I know it is a big hassle, but you MUST lock up all the knives, scissors and sharp things. I have been there done that with this situation and it doesn't get better with-o some serious changes in difficult child's thinking and coping skills. Those changes won't happen very fast and it make take years to get to the point where he is ready to start making those changes. I know you shouldn't have to live in lockdown, but this is reality and in reality with difficult children those kinds of 'shouldn'Tourette's Syndrome' just don't really apply. Which hoovers mightily.</p><p></p><p>If you feel difficult child needs more treatment inpatient, you can ask what the options are if you choose not to take him home. You need to think long and hard about what will happen the next time he is upset and grabs a knife. If he does this with an officer there, it can end very very badly. It may be better for him to not be in the home for a while as he gets some help to learn to control himself. Regardless of his age, an officer dealing iwth an armed person has very few ways to handle things and keep everyone else safe. If nothing else, it might be wise to have an officer explain that to him. If you explain it, difficult child will make it all your fault regardless of what he does. If husband explains it, he will be 'playing favorites'. If an officer, esp a male officer, explains it, difficult child might actually comprehend the message. </p><p></p><p>Have you thought about installing one of the fairly inexpensive security camera systems in the main rooms of your home? As much to document difficult child's rages/behavior as to have a record of incidents like this so that the psychiatrist and/or therapist can truly understand what is going on? in my opinion many tdocs/psychiatrists think we are greatly exaggerating our difficult children' behavior and they don't take it as seriously as they should if we are just telling them what has happened. If we have video to show them, it can make a BIG difference. It is just a suggestion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 584658, member: 1233"] (((((hugs)))) I am glad they kept him. Do you feel safe having him come back home tomorrow? Will easy child feel safe if difficult child comes home tomorrow? You CAN push them to admit him to the adolescent treatment place if you feel easy child, husband, you, or difficult child will not be safe if he comes back home so soon. I have been concerned about his violence toward you and easy child for quite some time now. I know it is a big hassle, but you MUST lock up all the knives, scissors and sharp things. I have been there done that with this situation and it doesn't get better with-o some serious changes in difficult child's thinking and coping skills. Those changes won't happen very fast and it make take years to get to the point where he is ready to start making those changes. I know you shouldn't have to live in lockdown, but this is reality and in reality with difficult children those kinds of 'shouldn'Tourette's Syndrome' just don't really apply. Which hoovers mightily. If you feel difficult child needs more treatment inpatient, you can ask what the options are if you choose not to take him home. You need to think long and hard about what will happen the next time he is upset and grabs a knife. If he does this with an officer there, it can end very very badly. It may be better for him to not be in the home for a while as he gets some help to learn to control himself. Regardless of his age, an officer dealing iwth an armed person has very few ways to handle things and keep everyone else safe. If nothing else, it might be wise to have an officer explain that to him. If you explain it, difficult child will make it all your fault regardless of what he does. If husband explains it, he will be 'playing favorites'. If an officer, esp a male officer, explains it, difficult child might actually comprehend the message. Have you thought about installing one of the fairly inexpensive security camera systems in the main rooms of your home? As much to document difficult child's rages/behavior as to have a record of incidents like this so that the psychiatrist and/or therapist can truly understand what is going on? in my opinion many tdocs/psychiatrists think we are greatly exaggerating our difficult children' behavior and they don't take it as seriously as they should if we are just telling them what has happened. If we have video to show them, it can make a BIG difference. It is just a suggestion. [/QUOTE]
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