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Kids!

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I love my kids, but boy can they drive me nuts!

My middle child, S, is severly pushing my buttons. How can a child be so defiant and rude! I know I didn't raise her to be like this. S has always had a temper, ever since she was born, violent and uncontrolable outbursts that could last for minutes or hours. Now she is 13yrs old and I can't control her. Doors slam, outbursts of swearing, throwing objects and just complete nastiness. I am afraid for our little boy, JB, as he can cop a lot of nastiness from his sister just for looking at her. He is only 4yrs old and idolises his big sister.

I sit here sometimes and wonder if my family is falling apart and how to fix it. My mental health is suffering from all this stress and my Bi Polar and BPD are playing up a bit. I am trying so hard to keep everything and everyone together that I am finding it increasingly harder to keep me together.

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Kellzacar
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | Kellzacar
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Hi honey,

Please remember that 1st and foremost comes your health! . . Without you and your health in tact your family will suffer. So you need to make decisions based on that. Seems harsh I know but it is realistic. I myself have BPD and I know just how it can effect you especially in times of stress . .

As for your 13 yr-old, I wish I could give a quick fix but sadly there isn't one . . My 13 yr0old is now 17 and is still doing the same crap. I ignore it for the most part and really concentrate on the other children . . The other children are learning to ignore their sister as she is just 'being a pain' as they now call it . .

I hope things settle down for you and please go and talk to some-one . . .

Cheers Kellz



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      shashawnee
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | shashawnee
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Thanks, I wish there was a quick fix too. I know it is going to be a long hard road with her and I am clinging on to the good times and knowing that it will end one day.

It would make it so much easier to ignore some of the stuff she does but my 4yr old loves his sister so much and wants to spend time with her ( he doesn't get to see his eldest sister as much) and she won't have a bar of him. And to top it all off he is now treating people the way she treats him. Thank goodness he is easier to deal with than his sister.



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cathbusymum
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | cathbusymum
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I had the exact same problem. I got help through a family centre. They have counsellors just for teens (and everyone else) and i found this helped a lot. It didn't stop her completely but calmed her down. It wasn't til she was a bit older that she got better although she still has her moments. Sometimes there are camps she could go on, it gives you and your son a break too. Good luck and let me know how you go.



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      shashawnee
March 2008 | shashawnee
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I am struggling to get her into counselling through the school she is in. They have a school psych and my daughter has to be assessed through this woman before I can get a referal to anywhere. It makes me so mad that when someone is in such obvious need of help that you have to jump through hoops just to get it.

As for camps, yes there are ones that she goes on through the church and silly me stopped her from going on the last one because I grounded her for two weeks and told her she couldn't go :0(  I was so mad at her that I didn't think I just spoke!

Thanks for your help.



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dannii17
5.00 (Excellent) | March 2008 | dannii17
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Hey,

im so sorry to hear your feeling like this :(   i think she is just going through a stage,im only 17 and didnt go through this but alot of my friends did and when i exxplained to them what there doing to there family they soon stopped..Have you tried sitting down with her and explaining she isnt doing any good by acting this way??

I really hope she works it all out and the outbursts stop,i also hope your little man can forget about all this and can one day understand some girls just get like this..

Take care and try not to stress.

Dannii xxo



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      shashawnee
March 2008 | shashawnee
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Thanks Danni. You seem to have your head on straight (as my father used to say)

I just hope my daughter doesn't turn my little man off girls for life with her antics! lol

But even with all the stress she puts me through I still love her to bits and she is still 'mummys girl'  and when the storm passes she still runs to me for hugs and that's what keeps me going. Knowing there is light at the end of the tunnel.



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