Dear new friends,
I am new to this forum. I am a certified teacher, but more importantly I am a mom that is about to pull my hair out over my borderline ADD/ODD 8 yr. old. The change of routines from school to summer seems to have really thrown him and we battle daily, sometimes several times during the day. I am trying to set routines, but this summer every week is a bit different between VBS schedules, swimming lessons and going to camp. To make matters worse we are in the process of moving somewhere in the vicinity of Seattle but we don’t know exactly where yet. There are many unknowns in our life at the moment.
Two questions:
1. How do I provide stability midst the continuing change and uncertainty of our lives right now?
2. My child can be extremely difficult and challenging with the instability. We are considering the possibility of sending both our boys to grandma and grandpa’s for a week after camping with our own family for a week followed by a week of church camp. I’m debating the wisdom of this, but I need time to sort, trash and pack without my kids around. Is this way too much change and instability? I’m worried this may be a set-up for disaster at the grandparents. How much do I shazre with the grandparents without assuming the worst and going into info overload? Fact is, life will be a bit crazy because we are moving.
Wisdom wanted. please!!!
Many thanks,
Frazlledmom in eastern Washington