Articles in this category relate to making the decision for the dad to stay home, and the mom or primary care-giver to go back to the workforce.
So now it seems that David has started hacking computers too. He is changing passwords on his brother’s computer. Time to use a random password generator instead of a dictionary.
On the plus side, David starts with his respite care provider tomorrow. I think that will be very good for him. Give him some social skills and the perspective of living with another family. Maybe he won’t be quite so difficult for us when he comes back.
I don’t dread parent teacher conferences for any of my kids. Mostly because we keep such close touch with their teachers that we aren’t surprised when conferences roll around. This doesn’t occur with our youngest though since we are home schooling him.
Before this Spring, the teachers would quake in fear when they saw my wife and I coming. Mostly because we had to pull teeth, nails and hair to get things that they should have provided without a fight. In the case of our youngest, we are still fighting, but feel that his needs are better met with us through home school. Sadly, he is missing so much by not being in public school. He misses his friends, he misses interaction with other adults, he misses PE, music, and what not. But he doesn’t miss getting assaulted on a regular basis, he doesn’t miss being restrained, he doesn’t miss being made to feel inferior to others. He doesn’t miss being locked in a room by himself. He doesn’t miss being threatened with intervention by the Sheriff Department.
Today he has a calm about him most of the time. He still is very hyper. We do school work when he is capable of sitting still long enough to do it. Rather than forcing the issue, we work around his needs. Regrettably, the school hasn’t wanted to think about that possibility.
In time, hopefully we will be able to return him to public school. Until then I am satisfied that we can meet his needs. After all, my wife and I are both teachers. Albeit, I am used to teaching college students, this is a change for me.
The transition to junior high / middle school for our two oldest boys seems to be going smoothly. Hoping that it goes as smoothly when our youngest gets there.
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There is a saying… “It only takes one fly to annoy a cow…”
So, back in September 2011, my daughter sustained a concussion when she hit her head on the boat dock at the lake. With the latest concussion due to the assault last week, it could be weeks before she recovers. Currently she is suffering from headaches, dizziness, aversion to light, aversion to loud noises and a need for sleep.
We saw the doctor today and she offered a shot of Taradol, which has to be delivered intra-muscularly. My daughter didn’t find that appealing so first we are going to increase her ibuprofen by 200mg and see how she does. If it doesn’t bring her relief from the pain, then we will go back later in the week and get the shot. I tried to explain that the shot would offer immediate relief, but she didn’t want to try that option yet.
So very frustrated regarding this issue. It didn’t have to happen. But because some bully thought it would be a good idea to slam her into a wall or locker, she is in pain and will be for a while. How is that fair?
So, what are our options? So far every attorney I have talked with says that they don’t take cases regarding bullying. So we trying unconventional methods. We contacted the Law School at our state university, and are going to petition through the media for an attorney who is interested in working with us.
On another note, other than stealing choclate cake, our youngest son is having a good day. No fights, no complaints, no issues, other than stealing chocolate cake. There are worse things than stealing frosted cake. So I am not pushing it.
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