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Laura |
04/24/04 |
As some of you may know from the Christianity board, my son recently got his children back after a nasty custody dispute. Anyway they are starting counceling next week because of the trauma they have all been through. The youngest child who just turned 5 was being coached over the last four months to say bad things about her father. What in your opinion is the best way to deal with this?
When she says something like "daddy said he hates grandma and mommy" or "daddy says I can never see grandma again" our son tells her that he doesn't hate them at all and that she will be able to see them. He asks her who told her such things and her reply is almost always grandma. Is this the correct way to approach these kinds of comments? Should he counter each negative comment with a positive one? He doesn't want to coach her in any way but he doesn't want her believing these lies either.
Also because our son was overseas in the military he hasn't been here on a regular basis until now for the last year or so. The mother would not allow us contact with the children. We have no earthly idea why this little girl is not trained. She should have been long ago. This child is not potty trained and she seems afraid to poop on the potty. We are trying the reward system and so far it seems to be working to a degree. It is difficult because they have her on a medication that causes her to go frequently so there is never any one time or two during the day that we can choose to have her sit on the pot. She always has a little bit of poop in her pants, like she can't hold it in. Our son would like to take her off that medicine and try natural foods that encourage a bowel movement so she could become more regular. Is that a good idea? Thanks for any input you have. Laura |
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