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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 592940" data-attributes="member: 15793"><p>Hello.</p><p></p><p>Storm will be turning 12 next month. She had been doing pretty well for a while but recently spring mania has kicked in with a dreaded increase in entitlement, violence, and verbal disrespect. I'm not looking forward to my boyfriend being on-call next week as he won't be here in the mornings to help me with her. She has state testing this week which I know is increasing her anxiety and adding to this behavior, so I'm hoping once that's over she'll settle down a little and be more cooperative. Certainly looking forward to the end of the school end for sure!</p><p></p><p>In general terms Storm has made progress in using words more than actions to cope when she is upset (until recently, and even then she's doing better at school than she is with me). Still having a lot of problems getting her to shower/bathe with regularity, even with a reward system in place. This is often the biggest contention at home, though the verbal disrespect might overtake that soon no matter how much she offends my nose. She's beginning to sound like me at that age and in my teens and I don't know how I survived to adulthood - I keep my Dad he must be a saint (though it was really my Mom I went 'round with, not my Dad).</p><p></p><p>I've been with my boyfriend almost 7 months now, and he's been a great influence on Storm. They get along really great and he's good at calming her (and me) down when she and I get into it. He's one of those really laid-back kind of guys, very helpful around the house all the time, and I've gotten sick numerous times lately and currently have a sprained back so he's been even more helpful. He doesn't live with us but stays over most of the time. He's really stepped up into being the father-figure type she's always needed/wanted, and I love him to death. Even Storm now tells him she loves him at night at tuck-in time (after he tells her). I guess he'll need a nickname of his own for here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 592940, member: 15793"] Hello. Storm will be turning 12 next month. She had been doing pretty well for a while but recently spring mania has kicked in with a dreaded increase in entitlement, violence, and verbal disrespect. I'm not looking forward to my boyfriend being on-call next week as he won't be here in the mornings to help me with her. She has state testing this week which I know is increasing her anxiety and adding to this behavior, so I'm hoping once that's over she'll settle down a little and be more cooperative. Certainly looking forward to the end of the school end for sure! In general terms Storm has made progress in using words more than actions to cope when she is upset (until recently, and even then she's doing better at school than she is with me). Still having a lot of problems getting her to shower/bathe with regularity, even with a reward system in place. This is often the biggest contention at home, though the verbal disrespect might overtake that soon no matter how much she offends my nose. She's beginning to sound like me at that age and in my teens and I don't know how I survived to adulthood - I keep my Dad he must be a saint (though it was really my Mom I went 'round with, not my Dad). I've been with my boyfriend almost 7 months now, and he's been a great influence on Storm. They get along really great and he's good at calming her (and me) down when she and I get into it. He's one of those really laid-back kind of guys, very helpful around the house all the time, and I've gotten sick numerous times lately and currently have a sprained back so he's been even more helpful. He doesn't live with us but stays over most of the time. He's really stepped up into being the father-figure type she's always needed/wanted, and I love him to death. Even Storm now tells him she loves him at night at tuck-in time (after he tells her). I guess he'll need a nickname of his own for here. [/QUOTE]
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