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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 352599" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>Good question Sharon! The older kids were quite easy to tell. difficult child 2 had that episode where he got yelled at so bad that he pee'd in his pants. The next night was difficult child 1's therapy session, so I got him to agree with difficult child 2 sitting with me in the office. Well, difficult child 1 asked difficult child 2 and I to come in from the waiting room and was promptly ambushed. They spelled it all out to me that they felt threatened and unsafe in the house, Dad was becoming more and more abusive and they were afraid that it was going to escalate, etc. I told them that things were in the works and not to worry about it. And it's true: I'd already informed difficult child 1's school that the action was going to be taken Friday night. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I spoke to difficult child 3 Friday afternoon to tell her what was going on...she was a little tearful, but I explained that Dad needed to have some time to work on his problems and needed to go live alone for a while. A few tears, but way better than I expected.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 was heartbroken that there wasn't a fight. He feels betrayed that his Dad didn't fight for them so that he would stay but change...but that's a demon that he's going to have on his back for a while. I'm working with him, but it's going to take time. </p><p> </p><p>Gotta go. The phone's ringing and difficult child 3 has had 2 meltdowns today...this is probably them again! Ugh!</p><p> </p><p>Beth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 352599, member: 3814"] Good question Sharon! The older kids were quite easy to tell. difficult child 2 had that episode where he got yelled at so bad that he pee'd in his pants. The next night was difficult child 1's therapy session, so I got him to agree with difficult child 2 sitting with me in the office. Well, difficult child 1 asked difficult child 2 and I to come in from the waiting room and was promptly ambushed. They spelled it all out to me that they felt threatened and unsafe in the house, Dad was becoming more and more abusive and they were afraid that it was going to escalate, etc. I told them that things were in the works and not to worry about it. And it's true: I'd already informed difficult child 1's school that the action was going to be taken Friday night. I spoke to difficult child 3 Friday afternoon to tell her what was going on...she was a little tearful, but I explained that Dad needed to have some time to work on his problems and needed to go live alone for a while. A few tears, but way better than I expected. difficult child 1 was heartbroken that there wasn't a fight. He feels betrayed that his Dad didn't fight for them so that he would stay but change...but that's a demon that he's going to have on his back for a while. I'm working with him, but it's going to take time. Gotta go. The phone's ringing and difficult child 3 has had 2 meltdowns today...this is probably them again! Ugh! Beth [/QUOTE]
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