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<blockquote data-quote="givingmybest" data-source="post: 488066" data-attributes="member: 13325"><p>I wish that was an option for me but it isn't. I am resigned to dealing with the local "resources" and that's a struggle to say the least. The first issue is that he goes to a special needs school for behaviourally challenged children so the nurses, doctors, counsellors, hotlines etc all feel that there is not much they can do given that he sees a counsellor at school. I then call others and they give the most ridiculous suggestions - like at this point I haven't tried these things? The other issue is that when he is in front of these people he plays the game and somehow they can't see through it. He should get an academy award for some of the performances he has pulled off. "oh yes, I see what my choices are doing to the family and yes, I would love to get some help and make things better" - we then leave and goes into some rage where he says he's not doing it because it's useless etc. His father and I (divorced) sat with him for an hour and half yesterday discussing things. It was basically a big circle that we kept going around in. He called his dad a bad word and then today called me the worst word in the english language (in my opinion). Needless to say he lost his phone again but this time, I suspended - very different than just taking the phone from him. He has pretty much stopped going to school lately but I spoke to a teacher today so that may change - yet to see. It is painful when my other son doesn't like his brother. I totally get it and can't blame him but it hurts. This is not the family I imagined having. I know the saying that we are dealt the hands we can handle but sometimes I'm not convinced. And, to top it all off, I have found out that he and his girlfriend are waiting to see if she is pregnant!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="givingmybest, post: 488066, member: 13325"] I wish that was an option for me but it isn't. I am resigned to dealing with the local "resources" and that's a struggle to say the least. The first issue is that he goes to a special needs school for behaviourally challenged children so the nurses, doctors, counsellors, hotlines etc all feel that there is not much they can do given that he sees a counsellor at school. I then call others and they give the most ridiculous suggestions - like at this point I haven't tried these things? The other issue is that when he is in front of these people he plays the game and somehow they can't see through it. He should get an academy award for some of the performances he has pulled off. "oh yes, I see what my choices are doing to the family and yes, I would love to get some help and make things better" - we then leave and goes into some rage where he says he's not doing it because it's useless etc. His father and I (divorced) sat with him for an hour and half yesterday discussing things. It was basically a big circle that we kept going around in. He called his dad a bad word and then today called me the worst word in the english language (in my opinion). Needless to say he lost his phone again but this time, I suspended - very different than just taking the phone from him. He has pretty much stopped going to school lately but I spoke to a teacher today so that may change - yet to see. It is painful when my other son doesn't like his brother. I totally get it and can't blame him but it hurts. This is not the family I imagined having. I know the saying that we are dealt the hands we can handle but sometimes I'm not convinced. And, to top it all off, I have found out that he and his girlfriend are waiting to see if she is pregnant!!! [/QUOTE]
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