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Is anyone around? I have got myself into a real state after discussing DS round my parents house.

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Pinkchampagne · 24/03/2007 23:40

I expressed a few of my concerns about DS1 to my parents tonight & got an awful response. They think I am putting him down & not protecting him enough, which is as far from the truth as you can get!
I love my little boy to pieces & want help for him, and this is why I have pushed for a referral, but they can't see this & feel I need to do more to help him.
Tonight was horrible & I have got myself in a real state.

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bubblicious · 25/03/2007 00:06

how did you get home?

Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 00:06

Neck thing?? As in my neck?

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Chandra · 25/03/2007 00:07

Ok... don't talk to brickwalls then, they don't deserve your time or your efforts.

... they will come round, when they are ready.

bubblicious · 25/03/2007 00:08

yes!! didnt want to give too much detail

bubblicious · 25/03/2007 00:09

talk to me on MSN!!! its much easier

Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 00:09

I don't know, Chandra. Last time there was a get together round there's ended up the same way, with them (particulary dad) dictating & me frustrated & tearful!

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Chandra · 25/03/2007 00:11

Just at this moment I can fully understand how you feel... have a look at my thread under relationships, sometimes you wonder what family is about...

Chandra · 25/03/2007 00:16

Should we raise above them and stop giving ourselves a bad time?

Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 00:17

Just have, Chandra, so sorry you are going through such an awful time.

Bubble, I am really going to have to go to bed, so won't MSN tonight, but will be around tomorrow & hopefully in better spirits!

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Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 00:18

Sounds a good idea, Chandra! I will take that thought to bed with me!

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bubblicious · 25/03/2007 00:19

hope you are ok!

Chandra · 25/03/2007 00:24

Good night, and many hugs

Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 00:28

Thanks, and same to you!

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Califrau · 25/03/2007 00:32

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oliandjoesmum · 25/03/2007 18:23

Have exactly the same issue with my family! I told my Mum that DS1 had been saying he wanted to kill himself. Her response was on the lines of 'what a silly boy', not 'oh that must be very disturbibg to here from a 6 year old! Hoever, she has always been very determined not to face up to what I believe to be her own mental health issues. Luckily my sister is very supportive.
You are progressing with camhs etc because you love him, many people of an older generation seem to think it is to try and avoid facing up to your own parenting inadequacies. Really know where you are coming from!

Blu · 25/03/2007 18:33

Oh PC - how horrible for you.

But you know they don't and won't understand - and you knwo full well - from bitter experience that thier way of dealing with a 'problem child' is hardly the sensitive, constructive child-centred approach you are wanting to take!

The awful truth is that they will never support you sensibly over anything like this, so you might bring less stress down on your overloaded head by not telling them anything about it, if you can help it.

You could get a home tutor all you liked, but if DS1 does have a dyspraxic or related condition, unless the home tutor, school, whoever, are addressing that in an apropriate way, then it will just put more pressure on DS1.

You have a) more professional knowledge and expertise than you parents in this sort of area, and b) are a much better parent than they ever were or will be. So take no notice of what they think! It is typical that they try and bully, browbeat and out you down when you try to discuss it. Your dad should be being sympathetic, not getting mad with you.

At the bottom of it all, I think they see a 'label' being a 'stigma' and are afraid anyone might 'talk'. Does that sound a teeny bit likely, knowing your parents?

I wnat to slap them, tbh!

XXXXXX

Weatherwax · 25/03/2007 18:39

PC they do not want to hear anything from you and treat you so badly. You have asked for a referral so someone better trained than them can decide. Ignore them you are a lovely mum.

Weatherwax · 25/03/2007 18:40

Can I slap them after you too blu?

Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 20:08

I know it is my fault for mentioning anything about DS's referral, I really shouldn't have. It's just I felt they had a right to know because he is there grandson.
I have now learnt to tell them absoloutely nothing!
I was made to feel like it was all my fault & I should be sorting it out & doing more, but I physically cannot do anymore & neither can the school atm.
I shouldn't let them get to me like they do, but it happens everytime!

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Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 20:14

And yes, Blu, I think you are spot on re special needs being a stigma, and yet another "non perfect" thing happening in their family.

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Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 20:29

Sorry, their grandson!! Not concentrating at all!!

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Fubsychicksnbunnies · 25/03/2007 20:57

Isnt it frustrating when your parents dont get that youre doing the right thing? As if protecting your child should mean sticking your head in the sand.

My Mum is a bit like this with any mention of counselling, and anyone who goes to relate shouldnt be with their partner anyway

Needless to say theres a lot goes on in my life that she doesnt know about!

Dont take them to any of the appointments - Ive had grandparents sitting in on my physiotherapy assessments, and some of them make it so hard to get on with it because they either butt in on my conversation with the parents, or they try to tell the child what to do when they are being tested!

Pinkchampagne · 25/03/2007 21:38

It was SO frustrating & very upsetting.
They were pretty much telling me I was an awful mum, who was critisising my DS, putting him down & not helping or protecting him.
Mum said I should empathise with him because I was a very anxious "problem" child, and then tried to explain what it meant to empathise, like I was totally stupid & didn't know the meaning of the word!!
Dad just kept shouting me down & telling me that I was talking about his grandson, and was not to allow him to get any stupid label etc & to help him.
I got myself in such a state, that I ended up swearing at my dad (which is very unlike me!) & running out of the room in tears!
I know I shouldn't have said anything to them, and won't do in future.

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bubblicious · 25/03/2007 21:46

PC ignore them, I think you are a lovely Mum, and you were my first choice for having my DDs tomorrow- Idont just let them out to anybody you know!

I think they want DS to be perfect, trouble is nobody is!

Fubsychicksnbunnies · 25/03/2007 21:46

Funny isnt it, they think you were a "problem" child, yet theyre proud of the fact that they didnt do anything about it!

My Mum says the same about me if I complain about DDs temper or behaviour - followed by a big hint that if I didnt work, or maybe gave her a good slap instead of that silly time-out......