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<blockquote data-quote="AllStressedOut" data-source="post: 53215" data-attributes="member: 3837"><p>What classifies as a disability? ADD, ADHD, ODD, SAD, all of the above? I'll check out the education forum. Thanks for the tips.</p><p></p><p>My oldest child is considered easy child in this group and while he certainly has the pre-teen attitude, he doesn't ever say he wants to die. This is something my oldest difficult child son has always used when expressing himself when hes upset. This doesn't seem like typical easy child pre-teen behavior. It does however seem to be typical difficult child pre-teen behavior to me. I might be wrong, I certainly don't have much experience with pre-teens, but so far, it doesn't seem the typical behavior of one of my PCs so it worries me. Its not that I think he is going to hurt himself, I know he needs to show signs of a plan for that to be the case, but I don't like that it is that severe. Which I guess goes along with the black and white of things. This is the black side. </p><p></p><p>In the book so far I see mostly my oldest and youngest difficult child. My youngest has tantrums at school, not at home. They usually occur when switching tasks. My oldest is very argumentative. He doesn't say bad words, but his tone is very disrespectful and he is very defiant when he is sure he is right. I wish I had this book before this year, I think both of their teachers would have gotten alot out of it. I just wish there were a list of things to do that would make it all better. For now I'm trying to make their environment easier by setting up a schedule for everything and everyone. My thinking is that if I keep them busy and they are busy doing their own thing, they can't have meltdowns with their siblings. During the summer, arguments over which tv program to watch, what game to play etc. seem to be the route of most of the problems. Idle hands don't help either. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make the daily life easier, I'd love to hear them.</p><p></p><p>by the way, I emailed the local chapter of NAMI asking about support groups in our area for parents with children who have MI, but haven't heard anything back. Are there other groups that I can look into?</p><p></p><p>In the past we have heard that Straterra is not a drug you need to ween off of. Does anyone have experience with this? We're thinking we want to stop it for now and see how it goes. Does anyone know how long it takes to notice a change? I'm going to google it now and see what I can find.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AllStressedOut, post: 53215, member: 3837"] What classifies as a disability? ADD, ADHD, ODD, SAD, all of the above? I'll check out the education forum. Thanks for the tips. My oldest child is considered easy child in this group and while he certainly has the pre-teen attitude, he doesn't ever say he wants to die. This is something my oldest difficult child son has always used when expressing himself when hes upset. This doesn't seem like typical easy child pre-teen behavior. It does however seem to be typical difficult child pre-teen behavior to me. I might be wrong, I certainly don't have much experience with pre-teens, but so far, it doesn't seem the typical behavior of one of my PCs so it worries me. Its not that I think he is going to hurt himself, I know he needs to show signs of a plan for that to be the case, but I don't like that it is that severe. Which I guess goes along with the black and white of things. This is the black side. In the book so far I see mostly my oldest and youngest difficult child. My youngest has tantrums at school, not at home. They usually occur when switching tasks. My oldest is very argumentative. He doesn't say bad words, but his tone is very disrespectful and he is very defiant when he is sure he is right. I wish I had this book before this year, I think both of their teachers would have gotten alot out of it. I just wish there were a list of things to do that would make it all better. For now I'm trying to make their environment easier by setting up a schedule for everything and everyone. My thinking is that if I keep them busy and they are busy doing their own thing, they can't have meltdowns with their siblings. During the summer, arguments over which tv program to watch, what game to play etc. seem to be the route of most of the problems. Idle hands don't help either. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make the daily life easier, I'd love to hear them. by the way, I emailed the local chapter of NAMI asking about support groups in our area for parents with children who have MI, but haven't heard anything back. Are there other groups that I can look into? In the past we have heard that Straterra is not a drug you need to ween off of. Does anyone have experience with this? We're thinking we want to stop it for now and see how it goes. Does anyone know how long it takes to notice a change? I'm going to google it now and see what I can find. [/QUOTE]
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