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<blockquote data-quote="Coffee Lover" data-source="post: 714707" data-attributes="member: 21380"><p>Oh my gosh, did we divorce the same guy??? That's it! Dad WON'T give son medications (son tells me) but then lies in court that he gives it and I'm making things up. Ugh. And poor son doesn't want to speak up against his dad. </p><p>So when he gets back, son is mad that I'm making him take medications.</p><p>And there are chores at my house, and a bedtime. and I make him go outside and play. AND read. Its not just video games all day and night. It just ticks me off. </p><p></p><p>I get that a "typical kid" would have an attitude coming back from that (heck, I would too! I want to go somewhere without rules or responsibility!) but with ODD and all (they suspect anxiety) he ends up REALLY mad, then exploding. ALWAYS on me. It's awful the first 2 days he's back. Like we have to "de-program" those behaviors and get him back on track with our expectations. </p><p></p><p>I have yet to find a way to really de-escalate these situations. Or how to cope. My MIND knows all the reasons he's doing this and saying the mean things. I get that. I get that I'm the safe place too, easier to unload on. But, my poor heart can barely get through those days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coffee Lover, post: 714707, member: 21380"] Oh my gosh, did we divorce the same guy??? That's it! Dad WON'T give son medications (son tells me) but then lies in court that he gives it and I'm making things up. Ugh. And poor son doesn't want to speak up against his dad. So when he gets back, son is mad that I'm making him take medications. And there are chores at my house, and a bedtime. and I make him go outside and play. AND read. Its not just video games all day and night. It just ticks me off. I get that a "typical kid" would have an attitude coming back from that (heck, I would too! I want to go somewhere without rules or responsibility!) but with ODD and all (they suspect anxiety) he ends up REALLY mad, then exploding. ALWAYS on me. It's awful the first 2 days he's back. Like we have to "de-program" those behaviors and get him back on track with our expectations. I have yet to find a way to really de-escalate these situations. Or how to cope. My MIND knows all the reasons he's doing this and saying the mean things. I get that. I get that I'm the safe place too, easier to unload on. But, my poor heart can barely get through those days. [/QUOTE]
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