Category Archives: Mental Health

Articles relating to mental health are in this category. Typically they will fall into one of two categories. Yours, or your child’s. Yes, your mental health is important.

its 0630, have you had your tantrum yet?

its 0630, have you had your tantrum yet? Good morning dear readers… David attends a day program in a city 58 miles from our home.  He is transported back and forth by our school district everyday.  So he has to be up and ready to leave the house by 7am. This morning, David was caught with keys that he had stolen from mom and dads room.  He was caught breaking into an area of the house that he isn’t allowed in.  And when he was caught it immediately set off a tantrum. “David, what do you think that you are doing…” I asked. “Just trying to wake up” was his response. The Tantrum begins! Then we proceeded to talk about his clothing for the day.  He wanted to wear his pajamas and wet pull up to school.  The tantrum started. 20 minutes later with him acting like a child 9

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what are you here for then?

a conversation with David… “You can’t access the Internet using the Wii David, you know that.” – Dad “I am not accessing the Internet, I am looking at games and reading wimpy kids books online.” – David “Unless it’s educational, it’s not allowed David.” – Dad He turns off the Wii, and goes stomping off.  Mom is working on lesson plans at the kitchen table. I tell him he needs to be in the living room with me. “there is nothing for me to do here…” – David “We aren’t here to entertain you David.”  – Dad “Well then what are you here for?” – David He then proceeded to tell me that he can’t wait to move into the residential facility and that he isn’t coming home from his school anymore. (the school is a day program at the residential facility) He also told me that since I beat

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tantrum at 11

Nothing like a tantrum about medicine to end a perfectly good day. David takes his meds with Apple Juice.  Two of the meds are liquid and taste pretty nasty. Today I had everything ready for him to take his meds and he broke out into a tantrum because he didn’t have his apple juice.  Even after I told him that his apple juice is on the counter, and showed it to him, he had a tantrum about taking his meds. David had very positive comments from his day at school.  Positive behaviors.  then he gets home and has to let all of the negative behaviors loose.  He didn’t do it right after school, it actually started while I was trying to watch a movie with his older sister.  See, David wasn’t the center of attention at that point.  and in his world, that his just plain wrong. He also started

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