Danie454
01-15-2008, 11:18 PM
Doctor Mike,
First off I want to say this is a very informative site, I find it very comforting to know that I am not the only person out here pull my hair out.
We really need some advice on how to help our daughter. First I want to say she is a really smart, creative and wonderful young lady.
She has always been a bit of a liar. She will lie to everyone about everything. When she is questioned about her very obvious lies she becomes very angry. This is not a new problem this has always been the case. When she was younger the doctors always told us that it was normal behavior for kids to do. But this is far beyond that. Its also not just to keep her out of trouble, she lies just to lie.
She has a really hard time keeping friends. She alienates everyone.
She has become very angry and tells everyone that I am a bad mother and that I don't pay any attention to her.
She has had the school call DFS on us 2 times. The first time she reported that we hadn't fed her Dinner or breakfast in order to get a blueberry muffin from school secretary. The second time she reported that her dad punched her in the arm. She mad sure to make a nice red mark on her arm before she went into the office.
She also makes up illnesses. She always has a part of her body that’s wrapped in an ace bandage or she has some mysterious illness that makes it hard for her to do things that are normal.
She won't talk to us or her brother ( he is 13) and we just don't know what to do. Unfortunately my husband is a disabled vet and we have no medical insurance to pay for counseling for her or our family.
We are a very loving family, my husband and I get along very well, and my son is a great kid too. We just don't understand why she does all these things.
Oh she also steals from us all the time, silly insignificant things and big things too.
We just don’t understand whats going on. Please any suggestions
First off I want to say this is a very informative site, I find it very comforting to know that I am not the only person out here pull my hair out.
We really need some advice on how to help our daughter. First I want to say she is a really smart, creative and wonderful young lady.
She has always been a bit of a liar. She will lie to everyone about everything. When she is questioned about her very obvious lies she becomes very angry. This is not a new problem this has always been the case. When she was younger the doctors always told us that it was normal behavior for kids to do. But this is far beyond that. Its also not just to keep her out of trouble, she lies just to lie.
She has a really hard time keeping friends. She alienates everyone.
She has become very angry and tells everyone that I am a bad mother and that I don't pay any attention to her.
She has had the school call DFS on us 2 times. The first time she reported that we hadn't fed her Dinner or breakfast in order to get a blueberry muffin from school secretary. The second time she reported that her dad punched her in the arm. She mad sure to make a nice red mark on her arm before she went into the office.
She also makes up illnesses. She always has a part of her body that’s wrapped in an ace bandage or she has some mysterious illness that makes it hard for her to do things that are normal.
She won't talk to us or her brother ( he is 13) and we just don't know what to do. Unfortunately my husband is a disabled vet and we have no medical insurance to pay for counseling for her or our family.
We are a very loving family, my husband and I get along very well, and my son is a great kid too. We just don't understand why she does all these things.
Oh she also steals from us all the time, silly insignificant things and big things too.
We just don’t understand whats going on. Please any suggestions