i wish california had military schools.

Great.

My oldest son is completely insane. I have to call Kaiser tomorrow and talk to a fucking supervisor and get past all this "orientation to counseling" bullshit that I already went to and get him in to a counselor.

He just kicked his brother in the face hard enough to make him bleed. (My brother messaged me to tell me and I called and Jonathon wouldn’t talk to me, he proceeded to throw the phone across the room)

That is unacceptable and I can’t just give him a slap on the wrist and proceed to have some great magical birthday with beach trips and ice cream cakes and movies and play stations and shopping sprees.

I just can’t.

Jonathon was warned yesterday that if he did anything else to hurt someone or get into serious trouble his birthday would be cancelled.

and now i have to stick to my word, don’t i?

last year he didn’t get a real birthday for the same reason.

I don’t know what to do.

got to stick to your guns. it sucks….but yeah.

Jaded

July 14, 2009

Huge hugs. Get him help honey.

M.C.

I agree honey, get him help! And, sorry you have to go through this with him! Hugs!

Princess Pitbull.com

Stick at itm you know it’s the right thing to do. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I’m so sorry you have to cancel. But you do have to cancel. You have to be the strong mom and stick to your word. AND IT SUCKS. As for your son, he’s not crazy, he’s not unusual, he is a boy. A boy dealing with a lot of pent of feelings. That is all. What you need to do now is get to the bottom of it and figure out a way to work on it. That’s what he needs. I know you can do this! 🙂

pintador

I agree that once a “threat” is issued…you have to carry through. Idle threats do more to undermine your control than anything. Perhaps a very belated party if he shows improvement for a long period of time? I don’t know if he can “help himself”…if you know what I mean. The anger issues are too strong right now.

sepiasmile

See, sticking to that proves that you are a good parent. Tough, but fair.

Valyn Reflective

*hug* I hope you can get him some help..

KPinK

You are doing a good job. But yes, stick to your guns. Natural consequences. I read this book about parenting with Love & Logic & this is a good lesson for him. But remember YOU did not cause this, HE did. You are a good mom, some kids are difficult. I had one, she’s 17 now & still tough, but she’s mine & I love her. you are doing right.

still broken

Seems like a fair enough warning. I know it’s hard to stick to threats like that – and you don’t want to – but I know you can and will. I’m sorry he’s having issues.