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he is a known liar. why believe him?

I get calls from David. Complaining about this or that. Today he was refusing to go to school. After explaining why he didn’t want to go to school, I let David know that he can’t hide from whatever or whomever he thinks is bothering him. And that he should go to school. I figured that was the end of it. About 6 hours later, I received a call from a staff member. David had a rough day. He struggled with being in school because “dad told me I didn’t have to go to school today.” Now, if David is known to lie, why would they believe him? It would have been a simple matter to get me on the phone and ask me if I had told him that. Quick and easy verification. I talked to his Care Coordinator who doesn’t work in the facility where David lives, and touched

lies I tell you, all lies

David can switch between thinking he is the smartest person on the planet, or one of the dumbest. And I use dumbest literally. There are times when he acts as though he has lost all mental faculties that he has, yet other times if goes to the extreme, and he acts like he is the only one who knows anything. And sass… So we got notes from the hospital regarding his stay. He evidently told staff that the reason he was placed there is because he was terrorizing people in Walmart with a hand knife. He goes on at length about it. How 911 was called and dad was given the option to either have the police take him to the hospital or to do it himself. David, of course, denies having said any such thing. So. I explained to him what happens when we lie to people. Especially to

Hide and Seek – or I tell no lies.

“David… David.. David.. Tomorrow is a brand new day. Maybe we can try telling the truth.” Until 6pm, we had a good day going. Then when I went to call David in for the night, he was not where I could see him. He didn’t respond to my calls of his name. So I went looking for him. He claimed that he was feeding our dog Max and playing with him. I know this because he came around the side of the house as I pulled out of the drive way. He wasn’t where Max is, I checked there. So he “finished watering Max” as he was carrying out a pitcher of water, he turned and asked if I had called for him. I replied with “go, go, go,” meaning he should finish watering Max. Fifteen minutes later, I went looking for him. No where to be found. So I