I hope you didn't think I meant to criticize when I suggested letting the journal discovery slide. You and I know that parenting is a hard job that must be done in person. You know your children and their lives, so please believe I did not mean any criticism of the choices you make. The very fact that you are facing this issue head on right away shows that you are doing the right things for your kids.
Quote: Some children, when ignored by their busy parents, deliberately behave badly.
That was D9 here. She craves attention from W, and W refused to give it. I think it also applies to the WAS. If they can't get the attention (or other emotional needs) that they require through "good" methods, they get disgusted and move on to "bad" methods. How much of this problem is really lack of "training" in good methods for each partner, I don't know.
Quote: I think this is part of my D realizing herself that she wants to back out of this dark world she has entered.
Cool that you are able to do this for her. Some kids want to "back out" but have no place else to go, or believe that they don't.
Quote: Okay - kids will be getting up soon, H comes home soon from a brief out of town trip, I will need to fill him in on the journal stuff before our meeting with D's psychologist this afternoon. Wish me luck!
Well, I guess you're through most of that by now, but anyway LUCK!
Thanks,
K
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