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<blockquote data-quote="scaredofhim" data-source="post: 609591" data-attributes="member: 17051"><p>Hello Midwest Mom,</p><p></p><p>I don't think he has attachment disorder, as his first three years were very normal as far as I know. My husband and the child's mother were never married, so there was no divorce, and they lived together until he was almost 5 years old. But he did start displaying behavior problems at a very young age, and they even took him to counseling. He was a difficult infant, and then when he was a toddler he started with the severe meltdowns. So something is definitely going on with him as far as mental illness goes. He cares about no one but himself, everything has to revolve around him and his wishes. He lies constantly, and when you confront him with 100% proof that he is lying, he continues to lie. I have a dog and the stepson has a cat at his bio moms, and he is very kind to the animals as far as I have seen, and hasn't tried to start any fires or anything. But like I said, I am scared of him. Especially since he lies so much and has so much anger when he doesn't get his way. There is just no telling what he may be capable of and if he is this bad at the age of 12, there is no telling how much worse it is going to get as he gets into the teen years. I forgot to mention that he has a half brother that does have mental issues, his bio mom has a son by a previous relationship who also lives in the bio moms home. The half brother has Aspergers, Bipolar, and Tourettes and has been hospitalized in the psychiatric ward three times already, so I have to wonder about a genetic component since they are half siblings. The half brother has stolen bio moms credit card and ordered thousands of dollars of stuff online, and has had the police called on him and spent time in juvenile detention. And I see stepson headed down the same path. But stepson is a whole lot more violent than his half brother during these meltdowns. As far as sexual acting out, no he has not done that to our knowledge, but bio mom doesn't tell us everything that he does either. She is in denial that there is anything wrong with him, she can't face the fact that both of her boys have mental problems. My husband and I are not sure how much we can take and as I mentioned are thinking about not having him visit anymore. We can see him outside the home. I just don't trust him and don't want him in our home anymore......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scaredofhim, post: 609591, member: 17051"] Hello Midwest Mom, I don't think he has attachment disorder, as his first three years were very normal as far as I know. My husband and the child's mother were never married, so there was no divorce, and they lived together until he was almost 5 years old. But he did start displaying behavior problems at a very young age, and they even took him to counseling. He was a difficult infant, and then when he was a toddler he started with the severe meltdowns. So something is definitely going on with him as far as mental illness goes. He cares about no one but himself, everything has to revolve around him and his wishes. He lies constantly, and when you confront him with 100% proof that he is lying, he continues to lie. I have a dog and the stepson has a cat at his bio moms, and he is very kind to the animals as far as I have seen, and hasn't tried to start any fires or anything. But like I said, I am scared of him. Especially since he lies so much and has so much anger when he doesn't get his way. There is just no telling what he may be capable of and if he is this bad at the age of 12, there is no telling how much worse it is going to get as he gets into the teen years. I forgot to mention that he has a half brother that does have mental issues, his bio mom has a son by a previous relationship who also lives in the bio moms home. The half brother has Aspergers, Bipolar, and Tourettes and has been hospitalized in the psychiatric ward three times already, so I have to wonder about a genetic component since they are half siblings. The half brother has stolen bio moms credit card and ordered thousands of dollars of stuff online, and has had the police called on him and spent time in juvenile detention. And I see stepson headed down the same path. But stepson is a whole lot more violent than his half brother during these meltdowns. As far as sexual acting out, no he has not done that to our knowledge, but bio mom doesn't tell us everything that he does either. She is in denial that there is anything wrong with him, she can't face the fact that both of her boys have mental problems. My husband and I are not sure how much we can take and as I mentioned are thinking about not having him visit anymore. We can see him outside the home. I just don't trust him and don't want him in our home anymore...... [/QUOTE]
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