Court is over and we survived it once again. They are placing John in a facility about an hour from here that I have heard nothing but good things about. He is going there today. The workers here have a different plan than previous workers -- they would like us to not have any contact except by mail. They think these are natural consequences for his assaultive behavior and they believe that he really needs to understand that he can’t treat people that way.
In a way this is hard but it will give us time to heal. They are only talking about starting with 30 days there to “see how it goes.” The trial for the assault charges has been postponed.
I know he will do well there, but that is the catch 22 of the whole thing. Put a kid in a VERY structured setting. He does excellent in that setting. So then, as a reward, he gets to leave that setting and then he can’t hold it together. Maybe some kids have to have that kind of setting.
But I’m going to stop wondering about what will happen in a few months and just focus on getting to September 7 when I can send kids to SCHOOL!
While we were playing racquetball today after court, Jimmy kept saying, “oooh mom, ANGRINESS, when I hit the ball hard.” I guess he coined a new word.
And, by the way, I told the girls about John and they took it very matter-of-factly. The evil mood seems to have broken and we’re back to something more level. Cindy better tell Vanessa that there is a young lady here trying to steel her Viper Girl title.
In a way this is hard but it will give us time to heal. They are only talking about starting with 30 days there to “see how it goes.” The trial for the assault charges has been postponed.
I know he will do well there, but that is the catch 22 of the whole thing. Put a kid in a VERY structured setting. He does excellent in that setting. So then, as a reward, he gets to leave that setting and then he can’t hold it together. Maybe some kids have to have that kind of setting.
But I’m going to stop wondering about what will happen in a few months and just focus on getting to September 7 when I can send kids to SCHOOL!
While we were playing racquetball today after court, Jimmy kept saying, “oooh mom, ANGRINESS, when I hit the ball hard.” I guess he coined a new word.
And, by the way, I told the girls about John and they took it very matter-of-factly. The evil mood seems to have broken and we’re back to something more level. Cindy better tell Vanessa that there is a young lady here trying to steel her Viper Girl title.
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