Hello, I am writing this so I can offer my friend some ideas as she is at her wits end.
Her son is 13 and already well into puberty. The family has been self isolating a lot during the pandemic so I think his behaviour has been more apparent.
He has what I can only describe as a total disregard for consequence. For example, Orders stuff from Amazon with parents cards, visits websites he is barred from using, communicates with people he is not allowed to for his safety, trolling, talks of unsafe behaviour with others online. He knows he will be found out but does it regardless.
He shows remorse straight after the event but the next day will do exactly them same. He finds boundaries very difficult too.
He performs well at school and doesn’t get into trouble there.
It’s a fine line between being a teenager or could this be a condition like borderline personality disorder? Or similar. As none of out friends have this difficulty it would be interesting to know if any of know or dealt with this?
Many thanks
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ladybirdm · 26/11/2020 12:04
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