At swimming Wednesday night my ex told me my daughter (5) had two night time accidents and even one during the day last week (she had the kids F-S-S-M-T). She said that both kids were behaving very poorly and it was a horrible weekend. She also told me that my 8yo son told her she was a mean mother and for this she washed his mouth out with soap (she left me a voicemail detailing what she had done, not something I would do but it's her house). Of course my son also called me after to taddle on his mother. I simply told him not to call her names or be mean and this wouldn't happen.
Anyway my daughter had two accidents at school yesterday as well. This is now the third time a similar occurrence of this type of occurance has occurred. The first was during a very stressful one month period of our in home separation. The second started one month before ex got the boot from the boyfriends house. This is now the third.
My son has also started using a lot of foul language. In my care two weeks ago he called his sister a bitch. I immediately punished him for using foul language and he hasn't again here. However she also told me he has been swearing at her house as well. I'm not sure if this is just a normal 8yo testing boundaries or stress related.
To me these appear to be patterns of stress. I do not know what exactly the stress is this time but I was looking for ways to help her deal with this stress without knowing exactly what it is.
Has anyone else experienced similar issues and what eventually resolved them.
Thanks
Anyway my daughter had two accidents at school yesterday as well. This is now the third time a similar occurrence of this type of occurance has occurred. The first was during a very stressful one month period of our in home separation. The second started one month before ex got the boot from the boyfriends house. This is now the third.
My son has also started using a lot of foul language. In my care two weeks ago he called his sister a bitch. I immediately punished him for using foul language and he hasn't again here. However she also told me he has been swearing at her house as well. I'm not sure if this is just a normal 8yo testing boundaries or stress related.
To me these appear to be patterns of stress. I do not know what exactly the stress is this time but I was looking for ways to help her deal with this stress without knowing exactly what it is.
Has anyone else experienced similar issues and what eventually resolved them.
Thanks
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