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I called 911 last week re my 20 yo. Looking for support and suggestions going forward
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<blockquote data-quote="Ascending" data-source="post: 762589" data-attributes="member: 29778"><p>I thought my previous approach obviously had not worked and it involved letting lesser rudeness and so on go. Which seemed to lead to him uppping and upping the levels of what he was doing till we got to 911 stage. </p><p></p><p>Also I have been using the Sheep book I mentioned above to help guide me and it says don’t let the small things go. I have also apologized sometimes when he has said he acted like “y” because I had said “x”. </p><p></p><p>The newest update is he starts a job Monday morning (2 days hence). </p><p></p><p>He hasn’t gotten up as of noon today which is a bit worrisome to me. In part because he went out with friends yesterday after getting job. I didn’t notice him seeming high when he came home, and he was pleasant when he arrived back. But that kind of thing remains a worry. </p><p></p><p>When I had asked if he wanted help with morning getting up, he got angry and said he’s an adult and doesn’t need a mom to help that. I told him grown ups don’t tend to constantly assert that they are adults, and in future he can just say, “No thank you.” </p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway work on Monday starts at 7am, so he will need to leave no later than 6:30 am. And obviously up earlier than that to have time to get ready, eat etc. </p><p></p><p>We were trying to figure out breakfast and such (water to have available for example since it’s a landscaping company job in hot weather) . </p><p></p><p>Any thoughts? Including what foods etc tends to be settling for emotional behavior as well as sustaining a first day of probably pretty hard work ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ascending, post: 762589, member: 29778"] I thought my previous approach obviously had not worked and it involved letting lesser rudeness and so on go. Which seemed to lead to him uppping and upping the levels of what he was doing till we got to 911 stage. Also I have been using the Sheep book I mentioned above to help guide me and it says don’t let the small things go. I have also apologized sometimes when he has said he acted like “y” because I had said “x”. The newest update is he starts a job Monday morning (2 days hence). He hasn’t gotten up as of noon today which is a bit worrisome to me. In part because he went out with friends yesterday after getting job. I didn’t notice him seeming high when he came home, and he was pleasant when he arrived back. But that kind of thing remains a worry. When I had asked if he wanted help with morning getting up, he got angry and said he’s an adult and doesn’t need a mom to help that. I told him grown ups don’t tend to constantly assert that they are adults, and in future he can just say, “No thank you.” Anyway work on Monday starts at 7am, so he will need to leave no later than 6:30 am. And obviously up earlier than that to have time to get ready, eat etc. We were trying to figure out breakfast and such (water to have available for example since it’s a landscaping company job in hot weather) . Any thoughts? Including what foods etc tends to be settling for emotional behavior as well as sustaining a first day of probably pretty hard work ? [/QUOTE]
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