I think a great part of my unhappiness has been not being able to talk on this blog. I couldn't tell you about the fire-setting. I couldn't share about ALL the lying and the stealing and the rest.
A family of home-schoolers moved in up the street with kids the age of my kids, so I began to worry about the local community having too much information about my kids. But keeping it all in has really dragged me down. I need you guys.
I'm moving the TMI posts over from the old blog, so don't be surprised if it looks like reruns here. I'm deleting them from there.
Thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of your private blog. I can clearly see how isolating this must be for you in a world full of pithy, misunderstanding judgments. I certainly hope to be a source of support for you!
ReplyDeleteShelby! You were my first comment on my last "new" blog too. Thanks. And welcome.
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say, I'm an overacheiver :D.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for inviting me over here. We're here for you hon, and we totally understand the need for privacy, support and virtual hugs. ;) ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteI tried to keep Alex close to myself and avoid his contact with neighborhood kid as long as I could, but with this child it simply didn't work.
ReplyDeleteFirst, he accidentaly broke our neighbor's window by throwing a stone, and we had to replace it.
Then police showed up by our door because Alex accidentaly pushed a girl at school (that was during public school days).
Then he accidentally hit a boy with a baseball bat while playing by our house and the child's mom ran screaming and cursing at me.
Then Alex accidentally threw a snowball at a child's face, the child ended up with ear infection and the child's father came to talk to us.
It seems like every trouble this child gets into, happens to him accidentally???
I still try to keep Alex close to home and homeschool helps a lot but I realized, that at his point, everyone in the neighborhood knows who Alex is and know how to act around this child.
Not sure if that helps, but that's where we are right now...
And did I mention that we live in a busy subdivision, have our fenced backyard and neighbours accross the street, to the right, to the left and everywhere around :)))
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