Re: Re: feel like a horrible person -MIA

January 3, 2011

Thank you Annie, and it is heartbreaking. Fiance has finally made an

appointment with him for a psych eval. I guess the child psychologist that

his daughter sees can also see him... we weren't sure if she'd see 4 year

olds (not everyone does). I don't personally want to see him on all kinds

of medications & stuff, I feel that the issues are rooted in his situation

at his nada's.

Anyway, ty Annie. One day at a time, I suppose. When I try to take 2 at

once, it gets tricky lol.

Mia

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 2:43 PM, anuria67854 wrote:

>

> Best of luck to you, you have a generous heart wanting to help parent this

> little boy who I agree seems to be showing developmental delays and possibly

> symptoms of ADD and/or Oppositional-Defiant Disorder. Or, those behaviors

> may instead possibly be the result of never being on a stable, standard

> wake/sleep cycle. His mother truly does sound like she is neglecting him to

> the degree that would be considered abusive and warrants having him removed

> from his mother; I agree that living with stable, compassionate, mentally

> healthy foster parents would be better for him. He does need regular, normal

> routines, appropriate attention and supervision, rewards for good behavior

> and consequences for bad behavior but in a loving context, in other words,

> good parenting, and it sounds like you can provide that. But your good

> parenting two days out of the week can't cancel out the other 5 days of

> abuse and neglect, at his age.

>

> I hope you and your fiance can find something that works toward the best

> interest of this child; knowing that a little kid is being mistreated but

> being helpless to prevent it is just heartbreaking.

>

> -Annie

>

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