Mom Confessions
WTF AM I GOING TO DO? I am going to speak to a therapist tomorrow about it
Dh thinks of aspergers as nothing more than a form of mental retardation..what exactly is it?
Update.
Saw the therapist this morning, gave her a basic run down of his past, the trauma leading up to last night. She was able to give me a couple phone numbers of people that might be able to help. I'll be calling them monday or tuesday. Last ditch effort, cps..understandable..just hope it doesn't come down to that. Thank you to everyone that gave advice..and I will look into the foster/therapy/home thing that was suggested. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers that this gets settled soon
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Why does he have access to a scalpel?
Quoting Anonymous:
By 4 kids know right from wrong, not to play with sharp objects, steal, or take a scalpel from his parents and cut himself with it, and then try to get his younger brother to take the blame for it
Quoting MommyChristina1:
He's 4, kids don't develop a real sense if empathy until around 6.
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I thought that about my 6 year old too... especially being his father is a true pschyopath. Over a year of digging and therapy and many other things, we have come to find out he is an aspie. Sometimes aspies can seem to have sociopathic traits.
We went through a lot... even thought about schitzophrenia at one point... Im just thankful we know what it is. He has made so much progress recently now that we understand better how to handle him... he is more controllable. He still hits his teachers and other kids and says horrible things and still dosnt really grasp the concept of danger, love or hate, but he has learned how to control his impulses alot better than he used to.
One reason we have been able to find out so quickly is b/c I made the decision to send him to a theraputic foster home. She has been a life saver. I miss him and want him home, but it was either send him, or keep him home only for him to continue to get worse and be at a school that didn't want to help and pretty much labled him a bad child.
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Why not? Is it because of breast feeding? (joke)
Quoting Anonymous:
I know the reasons behind it, but don't want to put it out to the world
Quoting Anonymous:
Seems like there is a rise in mentally sick children lately.
Good luck with your child, hope you get some answers.
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I'm sorry he's going through that. Sounds like something is going on for sure, but a 4 year old sociopath is a bit over the top, just my opinion. He needs a therapist. History of trauma?
Quoting Anonymous:
By 4 kids know right from wrong, not to play with sharp objects, steal, or take a scalpel from his parents and cut himself with it, and then try to get his younger brother to take the blame for it
Quoting MommyChristina1:
He's 4, kids don't develop a real sense if empathy until around 6.
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This is a very interisting concept, didn't know such things existed.
Quoting AshandJax:
I thought that about my 6 year old too... especially being his father is a true pschyopath. Over a year of digging and therapy and many other things, we have come to find out he is an aspie. Sometimes aspies can seem to have sociopathic traits.
We went through a lot... even thought about schitzophrenia at one point... Im just thankful we know what it is. He has made so much progress recently now that we understand better how to handle him... he is more controllable. He still hits his teachers and other kids and says horrible things and still dosnt really grasp the concept of danger, love or hate, but he has learned how to control his impulses alot better than he used to.
One reason we have been able to find out so quickly is b/c I made the decision to send him to a theraputic foster home. She has been a life saver. I miss him and want him home, but it was either send him, or keep him home only for him to continue to get worse and be at a school that didn't want to help and pretty much labled him a bad child.
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Hella good question.
Quoting XJetX:
Why does he have access to a scalpel?
Quoting Anonymous:
By 4 kids know right from wrong, not to play with sharp objects, steal, or take a scalpel from his parents and cut himself with it, and then try to get his younger brother to take the blame for it
Quoting MommyChristina1:
He's 4, kids don't develop a real sense if empathy until around 6.
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Also, sociopathy is environmental. Pschycopathy is genetic.
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Maybe he is just emotionally withdrawn -
He snuck into my room climbed the bookshelf and stole it. The door will be locked from now on first thing tomorrow morning
Quoting XJetX:
Why does he have access to a scalpel?
Quoting Anonymous:
By 4 kids know right from wrong, not to play with sharp objects, steal, or take a scalpel from his parents and cut himself with it, and then try to get his younger brother to take the blame for it
Quoting MommyChristina1:
He's 4, kids don't develop a real sense if empathy until around 6.
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Sorry you are going thru this. I hope your little one gets the help they need.
Have you ever heard of Jani Schofield (I believe that is how you spell her name) she was a 7 year old girl who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. There have been 2 documentaries about her and her family. Her parents are strong advocates about children and mental illness. Here is their website: www.janisjourney.org. The parents also write a blog about their experiences. I hope this helps a little.