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Quoth Kanalah View PostOkay so today besides the 6th grade stuff - posted in the FB group - I had a 3rd grader tell me he wanted to shoot himself in the head. I told him that a lot of people would be sad if he did that, and that no matter how bad things are, they will get better.
I did have to report it to his teacher and the principal. Because we don't know if he's serious or attention-seeking.
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I hope they do as well. He's had trouble fitting in all year. The principal told me he takes a long time to make friends, but he does like to talk to me.
Kid: No one loves me, I don't have any friends.
Me: I love you, and I consider you to be my friend, and I'm sure your parents love you and your teacher does too.
K: But I still feel so sad.
M: I totally understand that. I had a rough childhood too, but I survived it and life is pretty great right now. You're a strong person and you can get through this. You know you can always come talk to me if you want.
K: Okay. Can I have a hug?
M: Of course, anytime dude. *big hug*
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Quoth justhere View PostPrecious lied through his teeth to his mother, I'm 100% positive. He doesn't want the (a) job, so he lied that there were issues with applying, and of course, once he got past that lie, he lied that he'd been rejected.
We did some digging today, found the application. I actually was the one who took his application, and I remember him 'cause it was epic. When he came in to do the aptitude test, he first couldn't remember his SSN, so had to call MOM to get it. Once he got that, he couldn't remember the password he had chosen - so therefore the system "kept logging him out"
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Quoth justhere View PostI'm crying. I've been there with one of my children - even years later, I'm still not sure if he was serious or just saying it to get my attention. Either way, I have him in counseling - I'd rather he be in counseling for no reason than the alternative. I hope these parents follow through.
I hope it all works out for you and your family, I have one at my work we are getting help for and have to watch.
Some humor for the darkness:
I was sent to counseling for "Depression, Anger and supposed loneliness" In reality I was fine I just didn't like people and my mother thought I was nuts because I was not a raging party animal and didn't drink or do drugs. I did go to High School full time take College classes on the side, ran my own Boat Hull cleaning business on weekends, worked a part time job at a theater and taught kids to swim 4 hours a day 5 days a week. But I was the "Crazy one" the Doc told her she needed the help.
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When I was a kid, I couldn't taste anything. There were a lot of weird food issues as a result. I flat out refused to eat broken macaroni noodles because to me they legitimately tasted different. I had a lot of issues with veggies because many of them have a bit of a skin to them and I had trouble handling that texture. Despite that, there were never separate meals in my house other than maybe one or two recipes where my mom or dad would set some of it aside before adding in the stuff I didn't like. I learned to eat what I was willing to eat and to pick around what I wasn't willing to eat. My only alternative was to make something else. My parents were reasonable about it and did take my issues into consideration but not to the point where the rest of the family suffered for it. As a nice result despite still being a bit of a picky eater and not having developed much tolerance for spicy food, I can always find something I'm willing to eat at restaurants. I learned to adapt rather than my parents letting everyone adapt to me. It was a good lesson."Man, having a conversation with you is like walking through a salvador dali painting." - Mac Hall
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When I was a younger version of me -- Mom once sent me to counseling shortly after her re-marriage because she couldn't understand why I was less than elated to be around my new stepfather, and that I wasn't just giddy and bursting at the seams with happiness and all to have him around (I decided to avoid confrontations with him by doing just that -- avoiding him). Imagine that: a teenager who has a problem with sudden, radical familial change. What a bizarre anomaly."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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Oh Eric, Jesus, my heart hurts for you. My mom dated a bit during my childhood, but never met anybody she was willing to go any further than dating with, and I was NOT good. Rampagingly jealous of the attention she gave them, horribly behaved, the whole 9 yards. Sadly, she didn't sit me down and discuss civil behavior towards 'any and all', she just let me roll. I'm pretty sure those poor men thought I was a skinny little devil brat. I can only imagine how I would have ramped it up if she'd gotten married!
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