difficult child actually said, when we were talking about second grade and his rages "it was the teacher". That was a very poinent statement from him. His therapist actually said at one point that we may need to move him to another classroom to get away from that teacher. When he began to feel a little better after a couple months, the decision was made to keep him in that room so he wouldn't think we were moving him because he did something wrong. The decision was made to keep some stability in his life.
difficult child has always had an above-age awareness of his issues. Looking back, I think he sees a connection, even as young as he was, that the teacher was a big part of his problems.
