Author Archives: carl

>I could tell right away that M’s day was shot. He hadn’t even entered the school yet. What happened? He left his back pack in the van, and his sister grabbed him to try to get him to stop. This is the wrong thing to do with M. I told her that I would be getting a call from the school before noon.

Sure enough the call came. M tore apart the resource room at the school. Then at recess started threatening his classmates. So he got in school suspension for the remainder of the day. M is a very active child and can’t sit still for more than a few seconds, and they took away his recess.

I understand consequences, but wouldn’t it be better to burn off the energy that builds up rather than keep it in?

>My wife and I have been talking to the other kids about M’s diagnosis and possible long term placement in a residential facility. They are sad, but taking it well. M doesn’t seem to care either way.

Long term, we are concerned about him hurting someone. The doctor describes M as an antisocial personality disorder diagnosis waiting to happen. I asked why waiting. Evidently, they can’t be diagnosed with that disorder until adulthood. I don’t know why. At any rate. We are upset. I would like to have a long talk with his birth mother. M doesn’t deserve this.

>M made it half a day before the school sent him home. He wandered away from the room he does his school work in. He was uncooperative. It doesn’t matter to these people that he is mentally ill.

thinking of getting a lawyer involved.