hard couple of days ... what else is new? Cody going manic MAJOR big time and stressing out my last freakin' nerve. Now he's pissing off Mom too -- so she is ONLY NOW seeing the terror this child can cause. She responds by locking her bedroom door.
Me? I don't even have a bedroom DOOR -- let alone a lock for it.
Cody's just not HAPPY, it seems, unless someone ANYONE is screaming at him for something. He has no clue how to get "good" attention. He can only cause chaos. His sister hates him - his brother loathes him and I'm not real crazy about him. He runs off every kid who comes around here trying to be his friend. He steals from everyone here, he destroys our property, he stuffs the hamster in our faces, our personal spaces, and rams his offensive cursing and ramblings down our throat on a daily basis...
But then my Mother - the Perfect Parent - tells me that I have made him this way and the fact that I don't like him "comes through" and makes him act even worse.
Oh wait .. no personal responsibility for Cody? Everyone else is suppose to RESPOND to his manic episodes with bright amusement in hopes of encouraging him to be a better person ... but HE isn't responsible for any correct behavior in the beginning?!?
It's the karmic wheel, man ... you get back what you put out there. So the fact that the kid spends all his time alone, has no friends, his family can't stand him .... hmm, I guess that's merely the fault of everyone else and has NOTHING to do with the poor little boy... he's misunderstood, is that it?
I'm at the end of my proverbial rope and I am SO HAPPY that I have a job that I can go to for the majority of my waking hours.