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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
I'm first of all a Christian mother. I have five children and two grandchildren whom I adore. Does this make me June Cleaver? Not even on a good day. But I do wake up every day acutely aware of how my actions affect the behavior of my children and even others around me. I said I was AWARE of it not that I was GOOD at it! So goes my day...

Friday, April 10, 2009

Same as always

Ian is home now from the Behavioral Health Center. The foul language has quadrupled. Nothing seems to have really changed. His brothers still intentionally aggravate the crap out of him.
I went back to the hospital to pick up a couple of things that we forgot to get and when I returned the boys had ransacked the dining room and the living room, thrown clean laundry in the floor (at each other), and left garbage every where.... I was gone all of 45 minutes. I didn't expect anything different, I suppose. They don't respect each other or anyone else for that matter. Mason would rather destroy or throw something away than let one of his brothers have it. Liam would rather walk through fire, vomit, snake pits than say "thank you" to one of his brothers, especially to Ian. Are all siblings this way? Are my boys the norm of the rarity?
I remember fighting with my siblings but I don't remember it being this bad. But then we didn't have all the electronic toys and gadgets that kids today have. We had jump ropes, balls, skates....Normal things for kids our age. But we always found something to argue about.
I suppose that really is the norm......for us, anyway.