First step...
By Colene
@cpefley (1941)
San Jose, California
October 22, 2015 4:11pm CST
The situation with my daughter is the most important, at the moment. So, she is obviously grounded. I am on the phone with Kaiser to try and get her an appointment with a psychologist. I am also taking away her nice phone, and switching it with her younger brother's, which is basically an emergency use only. I know she will be even angrier, but I honestly don't know what to do with her. Her consequences need to be severe, because her actions were severe.
My son is so sweet and worried about her, even after she mutilated his face yesterday. I'm worried about her too, though. She obviously has anger issues that need to be addressed, and I'm hoping that we can all work as a family to figure this out, because I can't allow violence in my household, even if it is from one of my own children.
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4 responses
@yukimori (10192)
• United States
22 Oct 15
This sounds a lot more severe than I was thinking it was based on the other discussion. When you can use the word 'mutilated' to describe what she's done to her sibling...
At this point she is a ticking time bomb. She is a danger to you, and she's a danger to any other children in the home. I would probably call the nearest hospital and tell them that you're bringing your daughter in for a psychiatric evaluation. She needs to be held in an environment with trained professionals until she's stabilized.
I know it sounds incredibly harsh, but this is not something that a family should work to figure out on their own. This sounds like a serious psychiatric issue that needs to be addressed before your daughter assaults someone else. The best thing you can do is make sure she gets the treatment she needs.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
23 Oct 15
There are emergency psychiatric hospitals in my area for situations like this. If she's a danger to others, which she obviously is, one of these types of places need to be called immediately before any further harm is done.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
22 Oct 15
You are doing the right thing friend.
I am so sorry this is happening in your house. What a sweet son you have also.
