Recent content by 3kids4me

lol... I guess maybe I should have introduced before posting... oh well, nothing ever done in the right order for me. I'm Lisa, I have three kids - 13yo boy, 9yo boy and 5 yo girl. My oldest has adhd and the two youngest are what you might call 'intense' or difficult (stuborn, strong...

I don't think it's unusual at all - all my kids have gone through phases where they wanted to sleep in my bed or in my room at one time or another.... I suspect that there may be more than one reason but to me, the symptom doesn't seem very serious all on it's own. He's getting older and...

I agree with the others here. I don't particularly think you're trying to make him into the same as your other kids but you are trying to have him fit your preconcieved idea of what a 16 year old is like. He's grown up in a different environment and as hard as it is for you to get used to...

I think that any parent that believes that all children will use drugs and any parent that believes their children will never use drugs is wrong. That said, I hope that I would never have to use a service of a drug sniffing dog to find out if there are drugs in my home. We've had discussions...