Last night my step-son who is 8 came into the kitchen with a big red welt on his forehead and asked his dad if he could see it. When his dad asked him what happened, he explained that he had punched himself in the head repeatidly. When we asked him why he would do that, he just said "I don't know".
My step-son has had what I would consider an unfortunate childhood at times. He and his sister switch from our house to their mothers house every 3 months. The lifestyles at each house are VERY different and I've always thought this to be hard on the kids. The mother got remarried about 2 years ago and her new husband was very abusive to my step-son, mostly mental but some physical abuse also. He and the mom are now divorced, although they have a child together so he's still around sometimes. My step-son also has a form of dwarfism that keeps him from getting to play sports and he knows he'll be shorter than everyone. I'm worried that there's more going on in his head than he can handle.
2006-11-06
00:55:14
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