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NC, please, please please call a C right now, my s10 doesn't act up at that rate but he is still going to a C, the damage that this freaking D inflicts on kids can go on throughout their lives if we dont' do something NOW. Pick up the phone, google the web and find yourself a C, there is no perhaps, they need someone who can help them deal with their hurt, to help you help them.

Before C, every time my son would complain about live-in-gf and her kids I always tried to tell him he'd have to accept it, I tried to tell him that things could be worse, etc etc. The C told me that I needed to let him vent, that he'd vent over and over and that my role wasnt' to downplay how bad the sitch was, I was to say "yes, I hear you, I know this hurts", to let him get it out until it was all out. He is doing so much better now, I really thought I could handle it since, as Karen points out, I was the "emotional" parent, they dont' tell their dad anything, only me. The C taught me a lot, that's why I encourage you to please seek a professional, specially if your son is having such a hard time at school.

Moreover, having C sessions will be some sort of a record that you have a professional who can see the real picture and if necessary say that it isn't you being a bad parent that is making your son act up.