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Just when I thought he was doing better, 17-year-old difficult child was arrested
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 638048" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>difficult children are far from stupid. They are anti-rules. In their childish minds, they tell themselves, "NOBODY IS THE BOSS OF ME" and they mean it, even us if we allow it. Almost all of them. And they refuse to take the blame for anything. And they think everything they do is ok with us (GM, your daughter obviously sees nothing odd about asking for treats after she tried to kill you). Did she ever once address what got her into the psychiatric hospital? It is perfect normal in GFGland to almost choke somebody one day, go to bed, then come downstairs whistling as if nothing happened the next day. 36 does this ALL THE TIME. Did I say ALL THE TIME?</p><p></p><p>For anyone who only has one child and wonders if it's just the age...um, no.First of all, normal teens don't do these things. Secondly, normal teens are mortified when caught doing something wrong.</p><p></p><p>It is more personality disorder problems than anything and it bodes ill for our difficult children.</p><p>Their defiance, gall, and snubbing their nose at authority is their downfall unless they suddenly get a clue.</p><p></p><p>GM, are you letting her come back home? If so, is there a strong male relative or friend who can stay with you until you move?</p><p></p><p>Oragami, I hope you put the brakes on you seventeen year old. You don't have much time left to even try. Our difficult children tend to cycle. They have good days, weeks, even months. Then they implode and we despair because we thought they finally got it. Keep your guard up. I still think you need to get the family of your older kid out of there or 17 will see his future laying on your sofa, maybe with his own family. The kids really do get affected, one way or another, by what we do with their siblings.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to both of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 638048, member: 1550"] difficult children are far from stupid. They are anti-rules. In their childish minds, they tell themselves, "NOBODY IS THE BOSS OF ME" and they mean it, even us if we allow it. Almost all of them. And they refuse to take the blame for anything. And they think everything they do is ok with us (GM, your daughter obviously sees nothing odd about asking for treats after she tried to kill you). Did she ever once address what got her into the psychiatric hospital? It is perfect normal in GFGland to almost choke somebody one day, go to bed, then come downstairs whistling as if nothing happened the next day. 36 does this ALL THE TIME. Did I say ALL THE TIME? For anyone who only has one child and wonders if it's just the age...um, no.First of all, normal teens don't do these things. Secondly, normal teens are mortified when caught doing something wrong. It is more personality disorder problems than anything and it bodes ill for our difficult children. Their defiance, gall, and snubbing their nose at authority is their downfall unless they suddenly get a clue. GM, are you letting her come back home? If so, is there a strong male relative or friend who can stay with you until you move? Oragami, I hope you put the brakes on you seventeen year old. You don't have much time left to even try. Our difficult children tend to cycle. They have good days, weeks, even months. Then they implode and we despair because we thought they finally got it. Keep your guard up. I still think you need to get the family of your older kid out of there or 17 will see his future laying on your sofa, maybe with his own family. The kids really do get affected, one way or another, by what we do with their siblings. Hugs to both of you. [/QUOTE]
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