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going crazy in AZ's picture

I just stumbled across this forum when I googled "can we give back an adopted child" and started reading the posts that are exactly how I feel about my boyfriends nephew, but if I ever say how I feel to anyone except my Mom I get looked at like Im a devil.
My Boyfriend and I have been together for 14 years, 7 and half years ago I was woke up at 3:30 AM by some tweaker pounding on my door. My boyfriends sisters house was beeing raided(again) and she wanted me to come get her 2 year old son before CPS took him. I need to mention that at this point he was her 9th kid but all 8 of his siblings had been taken away in various states and put up for adoption, he had never even met them. Since she had a meth lab in her back yard, Yes a meth lab with a 2 year old running around, CPS had to take him. Trying to do the right thing we went and picked him up the following morning, the worst mistake of my life! We fostered him for the 15 months it took for her to never pass a drug test and have 2 more children born with drugs in their system so CPS also took them. After 15 months the state started the process of severing her parental rights.I had never bonded with "The Boy" just for the simple fact that he was not mine. He would scream and bite me everytime that we would show up to the weekly visits at CPS and his whore of a mother would not show or even call. He would blame me for leaving his mommys work as CPS called it before he got to see her even though sometimes we would up to 2 hours.When the time came to make a decision about whether we were going to keep "The Boy" I felt not exactly pressured but obligated to keep him. Since we are not legally married I could not adopt him so my boyfriend is now his adopted father. 6 years later we are in misery. This kid HORRIBLE. He is 9 and half and throws huge fits, I meen huge. Just last week he was throwing things at me screaming on top of his lungs "I hate you" He took off outside crying like, Like I dont even know what to compare it to, if you heard him you would think someone was trying to kill him. Because I asked him to fold his clean clothes. Last year I was 8 and half months pregant and he punched out my front window because I asked him to brush his teeth! I have had two children since "The Boy" came in to our life. When he was little I thought maybe these over the top fits was part of being a child, But now that I have other children to compare him to I see how much of a freak he is. We cant go anywhere as a family because of "The Boy" he has thrown huge fits in just about every public place around. We went to the park 3 weeks ago and were there for a few hours when it was time to go he threw his self down and starting crying. He is 9 and half, my daughter is 3 and didnt even get upset. I HATE this kid he is ruining our lives. Everything about him is wrong. You cant tell him what to do, He pees in closet when hes mad at us, He dosnt wipe himself after going #2 and then freaks out if he gets in trouble for it.He lies and manipulates everyone. We have to put gates up in his bedroom door so he cant get up and eat all the sweets in our house. The night before Thanksgiving he got up and took both his hands and dug out the center of all the pies for dinner the next day. i cant spend even 5 minutes in the same room with him. He dominates everything with his fits or weird behavior The little kids always end up getting ignored because it always ends up about him, either being bad or my boyfriend spending hours talking to him about his bad beahavior, He never shuts up even in school. He is in a "special" program for kids with behavior problems. But still I am getting phone calls from his teacher about him throwing things off his desk because she told him to start his daily work. And now his whore Mother is sending threatining Facebook messages that we will be sorry we stole her son, who by the way has had 4 more children that were taken away. We dont even want him but cant give him to her because my boyfriend will go to jail. I am so afraid that this terrible child is going to break up my family.I dont want him around my kids. We are stuck with a kid we dont like and does not like us. No one understand when I talk to friends or family they always get that same look and start asking questions like" did you try and spending more time with him" or "hes just a kid" thats my favorite. yes he is just a kid who thinks that he should not follow rules or ever be told no or what to do. I could go on forever. But that felt good just to get that off my chest.

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hurtandalone's picture

OMG I have no advice at all, but I am SO SORRY. This sounds like a no win situation btu (((HUGS)))

going crazy in AZ's picture

Thank You, knowing some people out there have a similar situation helps. I get so sick of feeling like Im evil for seeing this kid for what he is!

hurtandalone's picture

Not evil, HUMAN. This site is a great place to get support, or at least ignore the situation at hand and focus on something else. I do not know what can be done about this child except for therapy of course, but I would start to seperate myself. I would take my Bios out without him. I would put headphones in when he started his problems, I would walk away from his fits. I would get my children involved in things without him, and when confronted about it, I would tell it as it is. "your behavior does not award you any prizes or anything special. All we have to do for you based upon YOUR behavior is put a roof over your head, bring you to school, feed you, and get you therapy. Everything else good and fun in life will happen when your behavior improves."

I would take everything away from him. Toys, games, his door. Everything would be on lockdown. He would have more chores then he knew what to do with, and if he threw a fit about doing them, I would walk away, and take something else away from him. No way would I allow a child like that anything fun.

But really, I think a lot of his issues just need help with a professional. Good luck girl.

Crazy_in_Ohio's picture

I'm going to second serious professional help. He has needs beyond a special program at school. I feel for you having him plopped into your lap one night and I commend you for both trying to open your hearts and lives to him.

If he was born to a drug addicted mother it's quite possible he's got issues due to that.

I've got a nephew in the same place as your boy and while I was not allowed to adopt him (even though i wanted to)I've watched him turn into the exact same thing as you describe your boy.

Good luck and try not to beat yourself up. You are only human as hurtandalone stated.

dreamingofhappiness's picture

The only advice I have for you is to commit his to a psych hospital for a mental evaluation and try to get him on ADHD meds. He need more mental help then any one human being can give, and if he is committed then there will be medical documentation to try to assist with help. I know that medicating a child seems outlandish, but some times it is fullt necessary.

Kilgore SMom's picture

I would try to have him tested to see if he is either a drug or alcohol addicted child.(through birth). That is what it sounds like to me. My sister has a friend and both of her sons acted the same way and they were born drug addicted babies. So you may want to read up on how best to deal with that. I do agree that a set schedule (almost time line) and be sure to have the punishment the same for bad behavior. I wish you luck. You may never love him but you probably are the best chance he will ever have at some one careing. Ya'll have had him a long time. I think at this point it would damage him more if you were to give up on him. Although I would keep my two Bio children safety a first. Has he been in counseling?

beyond pissed-off's picture

He needs a complete medical work-up. I am certain that he has seen his primary care doctor, of course, but he needs specialized help from physicians and therapists who know how to deal with the effects of drugs on the developing child.

Since he is an adopted child, he has full access to state paid medical treatment. I suggest that you use it completely up to and possibly including institutionalization. Being in an institution is NOT cruel when the person is miserable in their current surroundings and NEEDS that type of environment. They are happier and able to improve with the services provided in that setting. Please don't dismiss that idea out of hand thinking about the stigma of what institutions used to be.

Bubbly1's picture

I didn't read all the responses. Because I wanted to tell you, unbiased by others. My best friends son was the same way. He is now 18 and been in and out of djj and mental health facilities his WHOLE LIFE! He just recently graduated not high school, but to "big boy jail".
"The Boy" needs therapy, and LOTS of it. Asap! He will not get better alone. You cannot "love" him well. He has been damaged by moms drug abuse. No matter what the bm says, she did do drugs while she was pregnant with this poor boy. I know from seeing the effects it had on my friends son.
My best friend, who was more like a sister, I can no longer have a relationship with because of her drug use, also had 4 more drug addicted babies. I'm a trained medical professional, she would ask me to inject her drug of choice for her because "you know how, and you're so good at it". This while she was 7 months pregnant. I was heart broken for her. But, her unborn son even more so. He had no choice. So I walked out and never went back. Have not seen or talked to her in three years.

Her oldest is the only "drug baby" I got to witness first hand. It is never pretty. The behavior gets worse with age. Not better. Please, get this boy therapy, and quickly.