Category Archives: difficult behavior.

if I pull any more hair out, i’ll be bald

David is in full form tonight.  He is all wound up and attention needy.  Which means that he will do whatever it takes to get attention. Positive or Negative. Now, some people say “ignore him”. Easy for you to say, you don’t live with him 24/7.  When he gets like this the other kids hide, and everyone is just along for the ride. So I am trying to keep him busy.  As part of that, I grant him amnesty for cleaning all of the stuff out of his play area that doesn’t belong to him.  Since he has a pretty serious issue with taking things that don’t belong to him, we can end up with quite a pile of stuff on the kitchen table. Oh, wait, I hear his brother crying out David’s name in a way that can only make your nerves quake.  Time to mediate the fight. If

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winner, winner chicken dinner

Today has been fabulous for our youngest. No behaviors this morning and now we are waiting at the doctor’s office and he is calmly sitting here waiting his turn. No fidget’s no running around, just watching other people interact with each other (which as I explain later can be kind of creepy). This rocks. Even if this is the only time this year that it happens. Celebrate the good ones. ;). Cherish all of them good or bad. Tweet #fighting4answrs

and now the day is done

And now the day is done.  As a recap, my youngest daughter was assaulted in our small town school this morning.  She lost consciousness briefly and ended up losing memory of the event and about 10 minutes before and after the event.  She remembers sitting on the floor in the hallway and then remembers being in the classroom with no idea how she got there. She has a contusion on the back of her skull near the base.  CT Scans are normal. They scanned both head and because of the location, the nexk to make sure no damage was done to her neck.  A few centimeters lower and she could have suffered a severe neck injury. We filed a complaint with the deputy sheriff.  We are contacting an attorney. The school was told about bullying back in December.  They didn’t say anything to the student body about it to get

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