Hi Lisa, (this is a little long..lol..but I think important)
Thanks for your comments. Me? Being NOT stuck in the house is stressful, as I can't control my girls' actions. My husband and I work opposite shifts, only because we don't have to pay for childcare.
Today we had an issue with my youngest twin. She is obsessed with an internet game called Star Stable. Maybe many visitors who scan over this post may recognize what I'm about to tell you.
Bear in mind she is 11 1/2 yrs old, however, very manipulative and clever, until she got caught. She was setting her alarm for 4 a.m. before school so that she could play the game. I fell asleep in my recliner one night writing an article when her phone went off in the bedroom and woke me up...that's how we got a clue!
Of course - having been caught - this morning she went into a raging fit because dad grounded her from that particular game/computer.
I have been receiving multiple texts at work..a nightmare like "you are like devils, you hate me, everybody hates me, why don't you just kill me...she even threatened to call the police on us...and so on. This game doesn't affect my other twin (the oldest) but it turns the other into something you would refer to as the anti-christ! I'm serious.
So, today my husband walked up to the school as I told him she was so distressed and disoriented when I walked with them. I was very concerned and crying. He spent 1 hour with the lovely social worker at school, just by walking in.
The social worker told my husband what she was doing was emotional blackmail - in the hopes that we will be scared enough by what she says, to cave in and let her do what she wants. He gathered lots of info from her and even doctors that were covered under their insurance for issues like this. Apparently it's huge!
And, after I told her in a text at work to "knock it off" I came home to the lovely little girl she has always been. She wanted to hug me - so I said "but you hate me!" She said, "I'm sorry."
She's a wonderful little girl and I want to hear the laughter again...because when these 2 girls laugh...they LAUGH! We are about to change that. It's all about setting parental controls. So now, the game is blocked on the computer but she's allowed to do other things within a time frame...which, by the way, she was upset about too! LOL
We'll get there. Please use this post for ideas on researching any of your articles...Mom's and dad's need to stick together so that the kids don't get the better of us!