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  1. HMBgal

    Corona virus stuff

    Well, is anyone else nervous, especially those of us with kids (grandkid in my case) in special schools for emotional/behavioral issues, worried about having them home all day? Do you think you'll be able to keep the behavioral stuff on track? I'm grateful that the school in grandson is in has...
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    Need some perspective

    I was so excited that it looked my grandson finally had found a friend. He also has issues, an adoptee, and the adopted mom is a child psychologist. Kind of perfect, right? The boys would go fishing together, to the park, an odd kid but I like him. Grandson has been trying to call him to invite...
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    Got the pharmacogenic test results

    Have any of you done this? It certainly is interesting. The report is divided into columns "Use as Directed," "Moderate Gene-Drug Interaction," and "Significant Gene-Drug Interaction" with numbers 1-6 on each drug listed in the "Significant" category. Those numbers describe what the problem is...
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    Worst Fears Confirmed

    Happy Friday. I guess. Warning: loooooong. I just found my daughter, 42 year old mother to the children I'm raising, was arrested recently. She never told me, I found out when I paid her post office box fees and got her mail. She's been applying for various benefits, so there were a ton of...
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    DNA drug interaction testing--worth it?

    Grandson got a new psychiatrist (finally! His father keeps getting fired and changing insurance companies--but at least he works, so there's that). First visit went really well and I hope we can stick with this guy for a while. When you bounce around from insurance company to insurance company...
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    Feeling all the feels today

    Hi guys. Partners in our troubles with our troubled family members. Yesterday was a horrible day for my grandson--suspended for three days for fighting--then I got home after teaching my students all day and hearing about the shootings. And I'm a teacher. And I had sat in my grandson's IEP...
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    Need help with step to take next

    Hello my online go-to people. I just found out today that a parent of a 7-year old boy in my neighborhood has been having some behavior problems and his school recommended therapy for him. The little boy says my grandson exposed to him to some really nasty porn in June. Grandson has done this...
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    Anyone with experience using Sand Tray Therapy?

    Hi all. My grandson has a new psychiatrist. He wants to do this type of therapy, only with Minecraft. It's one-on-one therapy. It seems really cool, but wondered what experiences you might have had.
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    Have a grandkid on General Parenting, now I'm here for his mother. Yay.

    On my signature, my daughter is described as meth addict, clean for 10 years, except she isn't. Hasn't worked in two months, looks like hell, and isn't really functioning on any level effectively. It's so hard to watch this happen again. And I can raise her children, which seems content to let...
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    Got a call from a group of neighbors...

    And they shared their concern about my grandson taking his little nook tablet down to the neighborhood park, finding an unpassworded wifi connection and...wait for it...showing the neighbor kids porn. Oh dear G_d, can the Earth just swallow me up now? The parents could have gone to the police...
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    Got a new diagnosis of Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

    Well, things have been pretty hard around here the last few months with the grandson. Had him on just guanfacine (generic Intuniv) and no stimulants. When we got to the doctor today, a new one, she added this diagnosis to the ADHD and Anxiety disorder. Poor kid. It sure does sound like him, though, I...
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    Suicide talk?

    Dear Grandson is saying all kinds of crazy stuff around his parents. ADHD, Anxiety disorder, and generally fighting life since the day he was born. At nine years old and no history of any actual self-damage (he freaks out if you try to cut his fingernails--I have to file them), is he doing this...
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    School Starts Tomorrow (or Soon).

    Anyone else in a state of pure dread? It was so nice not getting the calls from school, the homework meltdowns, the drama, for eight weeks. And Difficult Child (grandson) is in school from 8:30-3:25 this year. I have no idea how he's going to maintain. Or the teacher. Or the principal.
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    Battle weary Grandma and Grandpa

    Summer is killing me already. My sig says it all (I just updated it). I pretty much had a sobbing breakdown today. I have the kids from 7 am (6 am on Thursdays and Fridays), M-F, and Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening. So yeah, with my husband and myself most of the time. The...
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    Bi Polar in an 8 year old?

    I mean, is this a thing? I've read up on it some and it's apparently a very controversial topic. My Difficult Child grandchild is still having a hard time (a recent suspension from school for physically attacking another child), refusal to do school work in school, and I don't even want to get into the...
  16. HMBgal

    Wishing You All a Peaceful Thanksgiving

    I know that we have members from all over here, but for us Americans with difficult children, today can be fraught. Too much stimulation, other people trying to parent our kids or grandkids because they know best and decide to prove it because a) they've had a little bit to drink, or b) just need to show 'em...
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    Talk Therapy for 7 Year Old. Thoughts?

    Things have escalated with my grandson to the point where my daughter's long-time domestic partner and great guy said "Enough!" and moved out. And since he's never had kids and probably never will, he doesn't get the difficult child thing at all. My grandson was diagnosed with ADHD at five years of age...
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    Question about "Anger Overload"

    I found references to this in may articles, mostly as put forth by David Gottlieb. This, more than anything else describes my grandson to a T. More than ADHD, for which he is currently on Concerta. But, the rages continue, despite Explosive Child techniques, individual help at school during...
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    Thoughts on medication Vacations?

    I did try to do a search but perhaps am not using the correct search string (medication + vacation). If you guys could send me to the right place, I can look around. I'm concerned about my grandson who just turned six, on Concerta, and he's strong (incredible at gymnastics) but so thin and eats...
  20. HMBgal

    Father's Day: Wonderful New Book

    Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights, etc.) has written a book about his difficult child son, and it is a wonderful read. I highly recommend it; I can't put it down. Also in eReader versions so you can get it now. This book also has the Lend Me feature if you're a Nook user. Love this book.
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