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LUVMBDiesels · #63 05-11-2009, 07:00 AM

First of all something has to be done to get the girl out of there before her brother kills her or worse.

The problem is the mother has abdicated all responsibility for raising this boy. She has created a power vacuum that the kid is ready to fill. What is SHE getting out of this? Does she groove on the sympathy strangers give her when her child throws a fit? Does she crave the attention of crowd? Does she like all the extra appointments with the shrinks and school officials?

I feel bad for both the boy and the dad. The kid is desperate for boundaries and needs to be stopped. I saw this crap growing up in the '70s, parents who checked out and left the kids to act up in worse and worse ways just to get some attention. The kid needs to know that there are lines he cannot cross i order to feel secure. The father, seems to understand this but is thwarted by the mother. The idea of the shrink to put the dad and the son on pills is ridiculous (just what we need - teach the kid to pop meds)

The one who really needs to see the shrink is the mother to see why she is letting this happen.

I think the cold shoulder treatment she gives out to anybody who CAN control the little brat shows how out of touch she really is.

What I would do is invite the dad and daughter over for a couple weeks so that they can at least get a break from the constant stress of their home.

The other thing could be to call CPS to get the girl out of the house before the boy really hurts her.

There are schools that specialize in providing the structure this kid needs. If the mom cannot do it, he needs to be sent to one before he ends up in Juvie - or worse.