Category Archives: lies

Let me tell you the real story….

David has been home a month.  For the most part things have gone well. Recently there has been an increase in the number of lies.  Lies about petty things that don’t need to be lied about. When confronted about lies, he says “you never believe me…” This gradually changes to “Let me tell you the real story…” One of the biggest things he lies about is food.  All he has to do is ask.  Instead, he steals it, hides it under the furniture.  Then denies having any knowledge of how it got there.  He doesn’t seem to connect the idea that for the 2 and a half years that he was in a facility, this NEVER happened. On Friday was the clincher.  In Social Studies class on Friday, they watched a video titled “Planet Earth”. David asked to speak privately with the teacher and said “Can I not watch this

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lies, little ones for now, but lies none the less

he likes to lie.  not like taking a nap, but like story telling. if a lie has a hint of truth, it is that much more believable. So I call him out on each one.  Get that heavy deep body sigh. So I ask him, do you know what happens when you lie? His response? “But I am not lying.” Yet, I can prove that he is.  Every time he lies. What does he gain by lying? I finally had to tell him that if he continues to lie, we will never be able to trust him.   He doesn’t understand why we don’t trust him. How can you trust someone who will look you in the eye and flat out lie? If nothing else, maybe he can get work as a storyteller. Tweet #fighting4answrs

have i failed as a father?

I feel like a failure. My youngest son has hacked into his brother’s facebook account and threatened to kill someone. And then he lied about doing it, even when confronted by the evidence. How do I learn about this? The victim’s parents called the Sherrif. I don’t blame them. I blame myself. I blame my son. So tonight I am admitting my son to the mental health unit at the hospital. I don’t know what else to do. How do I protect him while protecting the rest of the family? Or protecting others in our community? I posted a note to the account, letting people know that it had been hacked. Mental illness is not an excuse for this kind of behavior. Tonight I had the opportunity to participate in a committee for our school district’s anti-bullying policy. And we talked about cyberbullying. I would be a hipocrite to not

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