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AN Old Face Returns to Joe User in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Wow so believe it or not I am not new here ! I actually started this very blog 4 years ago almost exactly HA . I have been through a lot since my last entry here Mary is now about to be 9 yrs old and in the 4th grade , Noah is now about to be 8 yrs old and of course baby Bethany who turned 4 in April !. As for Ryan and I sad to say we did not make it to our 9th wedding anniversary I left on Dec 30th 2007 There is a TON to tell you , Doctors , Diagn

Info on pediatric Bi-polar in Parenting JoeUser Forums

What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder in children? Bipolar disorder involves marked changes in mood and energy. Persistent states of extreme elation or agitation accompanied by high energy are called mania. Persistent states of extreme sadness or irritability accompanied by low energy are called depression. However, the illness may look dif

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

TO ZIGGY i would like to apologize, i think i misunderstood you before,and now that you have given me an exaple a can agree in that situation would be firm to.no i do not let my child beg either i explane something once and thats it! if you disobey there will be a punishment but i still believe a child should at first be given a choice.

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

and yes,it was someone from a thing called family preservation,a place that is supose to help you handle special needs children with behavior disorders.

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

i am sorry about punctuation. i am dyslexic and sometimes type way to fast for thought,i do apologize to you. i will try to do better thanks for everyones comments they are very intresting.

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

wow i am amazed you probably dont even realize you have one of these special children in your class and i wouldnt want my daughter in your class seems to me your a lil to frim i mean a child isnt asking why becuase it questions authority hell you asked why as a child to didnt you so you say we shouldnt want our kids to learn and make their own choices i cant do that kids are no robots we cant program them to do say and walk the way we tell them to its

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

yes i do agress with spankings but once had a social worker tell me i was abuseing my child for it so no we arent allowed to spank anymore and i dont even use a belt only my had it is true spankings made us respecy our parents but we arent allowed to now its to the point we spank our kid we go to jail but when the child acts out we are to blame for not displaining them so its a no win

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well a thought occured to me just now as i was cleaning and i thought id ask it here as well, a lot of people on this topic have said the words sue happy mother, so heres a thought and id like some oppions on it. just say that this stiuation occured at home and the lil girl threw a fit at home with her sisters and brothes and mom there now the mom calls the police instead of spanking the child becuase we all know this isnt accepted anymore, now say the

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i commend you for your honesty see thats all i want i agree if a teacjer feels unqualifed to handle a child then another arrangments should be made and yes your post make perfect sence to me your right we will never know if this child has troubles but i do know how hard it is i feel sorry for those who arent loved at home its sad see that just goes on the parent no two ways about that i only feel that with so many parents and teachers laying blame

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

well you are right its not always they teachers fault and i didnt intend to say it that way i only mean the ones who respond with I CAN SPOT THE BAD ONES i hate that phrase there are wonderful teachers out there i am lucky to know some i believe that we are always tryin to blame someone or atleast that is my experiance truth it sometimes there is no blame only a condition and yes with ODD children to tend to play adults off one another i have see

Reply to a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

i tottaly agree with you i cant imagin what this lil baby is thinking about police right now heaven forbid she is ever lost or kidnap shell never tell a police officer i bet......god bless her and her mom i hope they win millions and i hope it opens millions of eyes to the minds of children that arent bad but only need help what is up with teachers thinking they are the parents are parents not good enough any more seems everyone wants to put us down th

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well i agree with your standards as a teacher saying that someone should have removed the child and the other children this is what happens at my daughters school if she breaks down however there shouldnt have been police involvment in my mind......i mean this is a 40lb child for pete sake pick her up and physicaly remove her i have had my daughter attack me way worse than this and never had to call police if you cant handle a 5 year old you shouldnt t

a sad sad day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 18) - A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls. The students were counting jelly beans as part of a math exercise at Fair

Happy anniversary to us in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

well today ryan and I have been married for 6 years.......its been a long tough road in 6 years we have been through the loss of his kids the fact my oldest chose to live with her dad a seperation,a move accross country,people trying to split us up we almost lost our own children,another seperation and another seperation,the loss of a baby in jan of 03 and about 9 dif

its been so long in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Hello all,I know it has been such a long time sence my last up date but I have been running around crazy and honestly havent found the umph to do it,but here I am now Mary is doing great on her Meds now she hasnt had any outburst in such a long time i am loveing my new little girl,she has made some new friends next door and yesterday was really hard because i

a CRAZY week in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

well its been a while and as always things are nutts around my house we had to move to a smaller house but thats ok the kids seemed to adjust well i think mary is gone completly bonkers on me i really think its a medication problem she goes nutts at schol and has been sent home several times now last week it was everyday this week has been ok thought but thats because

Just a whole lot of stuff in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

hello everyone I havent updated in a while so here I am first mary is back in school and doing good it seems as though there are a lot of people willing to help i am so greatful there is also a secretary that has fallen head over hills for mary it sooo cool to see that i dont get that to often and mary seems to adore her,she watches over mary and helps her so muc

Reply to What a way to start off school in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

she is 5 years old and in therapy and we r takeing it day by day i understand the schools point but i cant stop motherly instinc no mother wants their child labled as diffrent thats all

What a way to start off school in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Well guess what my fears about marys school days have been confirmed she has only been in school for three weeks now and she has already been kicked out for a few weeks aparently she got mad and hit the teacher so now we have taken her out of class untill we can get a safety plan going for mary in other words we have to teach all the other kids in her class a secrea

An explosive day in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Hi all another day here and i thought i would catch up alittle first of all mary started school on the 20th yiiiipppeee she seems to enjoy it a lot and has fun and i have fun being away from her for a while i know it sounds bad but i mean it in a good christian way we did have a bad day last week, this is what happened we picked mary up from school early to ta

Reply to an amazing week in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

it is probably better to reach me here when i do get only line i am usually to tired to type a message to the group so ill do it here i am gald the your little man is better i almost had to but mary in the hospital a few days ago put ill post all about that soon

an amazing week in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

well I think the dr has finnaly gotten mary and noahs meds figured out we had a rough two days last weekend becuase they both ran out of sleeping pills and they both stayed up from 530am saturday morning till 10am sunday morning i thought i was gonna go nutts but i survived they went to the doctor on monday and dr.pines finnaly said noah as aspgeres syndrom (i am gett

WOW Marys 5 in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Well i cant believe it Mary lived to be 5 haha just kidding the last two days and nights have been rough though thats why i am here at a library writing this funny how you can find peace and quiet every where but where you live you could be at a rodeo with 10,000 screaming fans and still think to yourself man its quiet here,i wonder where the kids are. anyhow pack to

Reply to O.D.D in Welcome JoeUser Forums

thanks for the encouragement i am greatful to find people out there who can understand all this craziness and i hope that mary will get better as she ages as well good luck and god bless

July 20th 2004 in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

So heres a little back ground and info on Mary and her disorder. First Mary was born on july 26th 1999 at 36 weeks gestation it was a normal delivery up untill she entered the world I waited to hear her cry but she didnt the doctors and nurses all ran out of the room with her and I was left wondering if my baby was even alive. after a while I went to the NICU to