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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeadlightsMom" data-source="post: 638056" data-attributes="member: 18284">SuZir --- Maaaaan, that is such a tough place to be with your difficult child.  I remember having similar problems with our difficult child (no for medical leave down time, but for in-between school suspensions down time).  Very hard place to be.  Yes, he is your "whelp" (great word choice, by the way!).  But it may also be true that even if you tried to "dump" him somewhere else, no one would take him (that was our experience, anyway -- when utterly exhausted, we tried to "dump", but no one would take).  :/  Gosh, I'm trying to think how we occupied those kind of days with our difficult child.  Your difficult child does sound pretty active, at least.  Great job with that.  Is he able to think ahead for himself?  Like study a course on-line?  Is he artistic?  Draw or play music or a musical instrument?  Any friends?Funny, I don't recall how we occupied our difficult child.  I'm sure there were video games in there (much to my chagrin).  Our difficult child liked to draw castles, so we set him up doing that sometimes, too.  Mostly, I think we just gritted our teeth.Oh, I soooooo remember that feeling!  SuZir, you (and we all) do need that down time at home!  Our homes are supposed to be our sanctuaries of peace and rejuvenation.  My heart is with you on that one!  So hard night after night (and day after day)!</blockquote>