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Do you make provisions at home for your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="maril" data-source="post: 210902" data-attributes="member: 5937"><p>Good idea to try to not engage. It is so hard to do that sometimes, though! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p> </p><p>This past Friday, difficult child was incredibly upset and was talking about hurting himself and felt like hurting "someone," very agitated, and started to cry (school problems, girlfriend troubles, plus it was late in the day -- maybe medicine rebound). I talked through it with him instead of freaking (over a period of time, he has verbalized wanting to hurt himself or others and had tried one time to hurt himself, so I am on edge), which worked to a certain extent. He did not end up acting out or do anything rash. After talking to him about what was bothering him and encouraging him, I also reminded him that I was going to babysit a 9-month-old cousin's child that evening and wanted assurance that he was going to take steps to calm down. I wanted him to realize there were other people to be considered.</p><p> </p><p>I, too, have another child; she is the oldest and we did not experience the same challenges as with difficult child. Our experiences with her were bumps in the road; our experiences with difficult child have been bumps, potholes, and ditches!!! I am not picking on him, as I know he is a completely different person than her, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> and I love them both very much.</p><p> </p><p>by the way, there are some great responses above to your original post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maril, post: 210902, member: 5937"] Good idea to try to not engage. It is so hard to do that sometimes, though! :winking: This past Friday, difficult child was incredibly upset and was talking about hurting himself and felt like hurting "someone," very agitated, and started to cry (school problems, girlfriend troubles, plus it was late in the day -- maybe medicine rebound). I talked through it with him instead of freaking (over a period of time, he has verbalized wanting to hurt himself or others and had tried one time to hurt himself, so I am on edge), which worked to a certain extent. He did not end up acting out or do anything rash. After talking to him about what was bothering him and encouraging him, I also reminded him that I was going to babysit a 9-month-old cousin's child that evening and wanted assurance that he was going to take steps to calm down. I wanted him to realize there were other people to be considered. I, too, have another child; she is the oldest and we did not experience the same challenges as with difficult child. Our experiences with her were bumps in the road; our experiences with difficult child have been bumps, potholes, and ditches!!! I am not picking on him, as I know he is a completely different person than her, :happy: and I love them both very much. by the way, there are some great responses above to your original post. [/QUOTE]
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