http://jeffbrain.net/?p=241 Observations and Discussions with Jeff Brain, MA, CTS, CEP Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:16:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://jeffbrain.net/?p=241&cpage=1#comment-151 Rina Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:44:33 +0000 http://jeffbrain.net/?p=241#comment-151 Hi Jeff, I am a stepmother of a 12 year old daughter. I love her but the battles are unbearable for her father and me and it also effects the way her brother, 7years old, lives as well. Her older brother has Leaukemia and she was brought up in many different family homes with all kinds os spoiling going on and inconsistent discipline and absolutely no structure until now. Her brother is 16 living with the grandmother and she is with myself and dad and younger brother. She has the classic signs of ODD. However, nobody has diagnosed her with such. I did after researching the entire net work and books and diagnoses that she was told she had helped me get to ODD> She was on many different medications, as she grew up and mom and dad stopped the medications since it made her more violent and out of control or a zombie. My question to you is what needs to be done? Their father is raising them on his own with no support from their natural mother and the bills are piling up since he only works as a truck driver when it is not raining, snowing etc Bad Weather. He then gets unemployment. There is no room for money to be spent on a boparding school. At her, she is considered ADHD and not on medication, she is on a list of kids with a learning disability. She admits that when worked with one on one she will listen and try to focus but otherwise will fight school and it's efforts to helper. She has developed a very negative attitude towards everyone and everything. She does somewhat well with me, she averages A's and B's when study time with rolls around but fights me the whole way. She says horrible things to me and I am at my wits end, this is very discouraging and I want to give up since she attackes me, horribly! Please let me know if there is help for families that can get a scholorship to attend a boarding school. Thank you MS.RINA Hi Jeff,
I am a stepmother of a 12 year old daughter. I love her but the battles are unbearable for her father and me and it also effects the way her brother, 7years old, lives as well. Her older brother has Leaukemia and she was brought up in many different family homes with all kinds os spoiling going on and inconsistent discipline and absolutely no structure until now. Her brother is 16 living with the grandmother and she is with myself and dad and younger brother. She has the classic signs of ODD. However, nobody has diagnosed her with such. I did after researching the entire net work and books and diagnoses that she was told she had helped me get to ODD> She was on many different medications, as she grew up and mom and dad stopped the medications since it made her more violent and out of control or a zombie. My question to you is what needs to be done? Their father is raising them on his own with no support from their natural mother and the bills are piling up since he only works as a truck driver when it is not raining, snowing etc Bad Weather. He then gets unemployment. There is no room for money to be spent on a boparding school. At her, she is considered ADHD and not on medication, she is on a list of kids with a learning disability. She admits that when worked with one on one she will listen and try to focus but otherwise will fight school and it’s efforts to helper. She has developed a very negative attitude towards everyone and everything. She does somewhat well with me, she averages A’s and B’s when study time with rolls around but fights me the whole way. She says horrible things to me and I am at my wits end, this is very discouraging and I want to give up since she attackes me, horribly! Please let me know if there is help for families that can get a scholorship to attend a boarding school. Thank you MS.RINA

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