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Youth-Pillow

*Disclosure: I received the product mentioned to review and share my thoughts.  All opinions expressed are 100% my own. When I see young children with one of those crazy neck brace pillows (you know the ones in the shape of a “c”) it drives me crazy.  I never used them with my kids.  I’ve never [...]

What would your kid decide to do? | MyInstead

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  When I was growing up, I had friends whose parents would buy any alcohol we wanted.  We put money together and gave them a list and they would go buy it.  These are the same parents that were out at the bars all night while their house was full of teenagers drinking. I remember [...]

I don’t care if you *think* you’re the boss, I will win | Part 2

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See part 1! After the therapist showed up, my daughter acted like she had been an angel all week.  Uuumm…no.  I made her explain her fits to therapist and they had to talk about why it wasn’t good and what she should have done instead. They came into the house and although Kylie said she [...]

I don’t care if you *think* you’re the boss, I will win | Part 1

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Follow up to Shoot Me Now….Am I Really Doing This to Myself? For over a week we had been tapering my daughter off her Zoloft at the recommendation of the psychiatrist.  Wednesday was her first day without taking any Zoloft at all. Wednesday was also the first day I went down to 1mg of Risperdal [...]

Shoot me now…am I really doing this to myself?

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I thought this week was going to be difficult with my son after he ran away last week.  I thought he was going to be hard to deal with and combative, but it’s been the opposite.  He has been fairly easy to deal with and has been getting along with his sister. The sister is [...]

Blame the meds…..

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When my son ran away last week, I blamed the meds he had recently started taking.  He had never pulled a stunt like that before and I knew it HAD to be why.  I don’t know if that’s true or not after talking with him. That night when we picked him up from his grandmas [...]

What do you do when your 12 year old runs away?

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This past Friday was the worst day of my life.  My husband and son were arguing and my son ran out of the front door.  At first I thought he was going to stop and come back in, but he didn’t.  I threw on my shoes and ran after him, but he was gone.  I [...]