MLC W with OM, Part 12

[Cristy]

Hi Wet,

First, let me say that I am so sorry for the loss of your father.

I'm going to play devil's advocate for a moment. OM offered to take S14 to batting cages, possibly to take S14's mind off of his troubles with the loss of his beloved Papa? Same with inviting S14 to play Call of Duty? OM could have been trying to be nice/supportive? Clearly the timing and word choice needs help, but his intentions appear to be in the right place.

Good call on being firm with the knife and threatening behavior. It just isn't worth it for S14 to go down that road! You may still want to reach out to his school counselor to see how he is doing at school. If anything were to escalate between S14 and OM, it would be good to have a respected 3rd party involved. Maybe the counselor would be able to mask a meeting with S14 simply as checking in with random students, etc. Maybe the counselor could offer him some of those nasty jelly beans as a diversion, lol!

Definitely keep S4 with you 24/7 and him visitation with Mom at a neutral location. Is that in line with any custody arrangements?

Cristy