My son is 8 yrs old, his father is an alcoholic/drug-addict so needless to say he isn’t always there for our boy. I have remarried in the last year and have 4 other children. The kids go to visit dad on fridays, well he is hardly ever there. He’s in and out of rehab, in and out of jail, facing prison time or military type treatment center. My son is really suffering over this, he says he hates God, he hates me, he hates his dad, he seems to hate everyone. He has no idea who he’s angry at. He says his dad isn’t even trying to get help, he doesn’t even want it. I try so hard to be patient with him, but sometimes hes so outrageous with the things he says. It seems as though he doesn’t care about anything right now. He see’s a therapist and a psychiatrist and I love him all the way through his tantrums, but my patients is wearing thin. We didn’t do anything, but yet we are the ones suffering through “dad’s” addiction. Advice??? Anyone??
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Here is a little background. His Father is consistently in and out of his life, he is also a alcoholic. My son is aware of this because his father feels the need to tell him about his drinking. So anyways, he ( his father) just showed up again out of the blue. At the same time this happened my son started displaying lots of anger and frustration. Yelling and screaming using words like I Hate …. also throwing things and hitting. This has been going on for a couple of weeks and I am at my wits end. Any suggestions will help. I set up an appointment for him to start seeing a counselor but am unsure about that to because I don’t want him at a young age to perceive that there is something wrong with him. I am a single mom of 2 other kids beside him, They seem to be handling everything ok but then who knows whats really going on in there heads either. My son seems to be the one acting out. He is such a great kid, funny, smart and very imaginative. I just want my sweet little boy back , and am a little lost on how to do that. thank in advance to anyone that has any suggestions.
any advice? i cant get him to the doctor he cant see he has a problem. im very worried
