I'm So Proud!!!

[judy]

I'll take her! She's such a cutie!! I'm used to sassy anyway, having Kassidy around.

[DianaB]

I'll tell Dae Lynn.....she may send her!!! LOL She's really been in a lot of trouble lately and most of it because of her mouth. Dae Lynn's caught her at church being mean to some of the girls and the other day she said that she wished she had a new mother. She really doesn't think before she says things and doesn't care if it hurts your feelings.

[Janet]

I hope it didn't bother Dae Lynn too bad when Karlie said that. They don't really mean it, they just want to hurt because they are hurting. I remember once when Ricky was about 3 or 4 and I was working with him to put up some things he was not suppose to have and he told me he hated me. Oh...let me tell you after I was alone....I cried my eyes out it hurt so bad. I didn't even know he knew the word 'hate'. He's never said it to me since.

[DianaB]

The thing with Karlie is that she's not sorry for what she does or says. Dae Lynn worries about that. How do you make someone feel sorry for what they've done or said? When she apologizes it's not because she's sorry......it's because she's sorry she was caught.......which is often!!!

With her real Mom and Damon both having problems we worry about her behavior and how it will affect her future. We want her to be caring and sympathetic towards others but aren't sure how to get there.

[Janet]

That would worry me too. Maybe you can contact a dr in that field for a consultation, see if there is something everyone could be working on with her.

[JJJ]

Originally Posted by DianaB

The thing with Karlie is that she's not sorry for what she does or says. Dae Lynn worries about that. How do you make someone feel sorry for what they've done or said? When she apologizes it's not because she's sorry......it's because she's sorry she was caught.......which is often!!!

With her real Mom and Damon both having problems we worry about her behavior and how it will affect her future. We want her to be caring and sympathetic towards others but aren't sure how to get there.

I think she is going through a rough time right now and this is her way of getting attention like you said. She might need one on one attention. Her mom might need to find time on her hands to take her out (just the two of them). To dinner and then ice cream or something like that.

What I have notice with kids like that is that they are the most loving, caring people in the world. If some one gets bully is someone like Karlie that will stand up for them. I'm not their when Karlie bad mouths someone so I don't know if somehow she was just standing up for herself. I have a younger sister who reminds me of Karlie and even thought she can get on my nerves I know she still a lovable person.

[DianaB]

Things seem to be better at the moment. We go through times where things are bad and then better. I'm not sure what causes it........maybe some of it's Damon's problems. She understands a lot more than we give her credit for.

We have a counselor at the grade school that a very nice christian man and I've recommended that Dae Lynn go and talk to him. He's very nice to talk to.

[judy]

I think the guidance counselor is a veru good idea, Diana. I agree that Karlie is acting out because of fear. Did it get worse when Damon went away? She is probably very frightened, and very angry, and is too young to know how to express it, or even to know what she is feeling.

Saying that she wants a new mother might just be that she wishes DaeLyn coukld have somehow fixed her daddy for her. Dae Lyn is her rock right now, and so are you and Glen. If she feels that you all are there for her 100%, she may calm down.

My mom was very sick all of my life, and I was he** on wheels! My aunt was my rock, always there to hold me, and to let me talk. I had other family members who were very supportive too. I think that if my Dad knew enough to give me a lot of one on one attention, I would not have been such a rebel. People did not think that way in those times though.

Thank God Karlie has you and Dae Lyn! I am 100% supportive of Damon, and pray for his recovery, but it might hit home if he knew that his behavior is affectimg Karlie so much.