Guest guest Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Hey all...long time no see. I'm Beth, mom to Austin, 13/ds and Dakota, 13, nonds. My, has the list grown. At one time, before life got hectic, I was actively involved. I hope to be again. Not that life has settled down much, just changed. But last night, Austin had a major melt down, like never seen before, and I need some help. Please. I said big changes, and I meant that. The boys and I now live in the Florida Keys. Their father lives 5 hours away by car. I had major leg surgery in June, so the boys went to Indiana for a month, then spent 3 weeks with their dad while I recovered. To further add stress to Austin, I am a relationship with a great man, who is active with both boys, engages them in all we do, and we all live together. Its not perfect, but in all, it's going pretty well. New school too. So many changes for Austin, and I think he's having a really hard time with it all. His father hasn't called in two weeks. So, we were eating dinner. Austin started holding his fork like a shovel, getting food everywhere, putting feet on table, yeah, gotta love that flexibility...doing everything wrong that he can think of. Yes, i'm sure it was intentional. So, when Nick and I both told him to eat right, he got defiant. Ended up yelling, running to his room, trying to lock me out, and in this, he was mean. Down right mean. Never seen him like this. He made mention of his dad, and I think that's the major problem, but he would rant for a sec, then talk about aliens and his spiderman web, call 911 so he can get his web...etc. If it wasn't so frustrating and heartbreaking, I probably would have laughed...but it's not really funny. It's been building, starting with when asked to take out trash or help clean the pool he would say awe man, etc...steady backmouthing getting worse, now this melt down. Any insight would be welcomed. How do I connect with him? This morning he woke up aware of his actions, felt bad, apologized. And we know punishment like taking away video games for a week doesn't work, but how do I get him to understand that acting that way isn't appropriate? Oh, guys, help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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