Posted by sue doe on February 24, 2002, at 22:11:03
In reply to Re: Children will be children., posted by noa on February 24, 2002, at 15:31:25
noa: Thank you for a very insightful and well thought out response to my question! The greatest tool in helping my children is love. I believe my own mental breakdown was brought on by the insecurity of facing the loss of my husband's love, which also affected the children. Although I now know that I was "prone" to mental illness, I don't think I would have wound up in the hospital if I had been in a more loving environment. My thirteen year old son just learned to read and spell last year. He is being helped with an IEA and has a conscienscious teacher who cares. He played basketball this year and has been treated like a son by his coach. He now smiles again! My 11 year old daughter has always been very self-secure and kind. But she now has developed horrible tantrums which subside and she is once again very pleasant. You are right I am especially alert to symptoms. My own brother committed suicide when he was 19, another brother is bi-polar, a sister is bi-polar and another is schizophrenic. We are quite a menagerie! Sue Doe
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