I'm at the end of my rope. SS is a lying, stealing, little brat. He has ADHD and maybe a bunch of other disorders. He has been formally diagnosed with the ADHD but is in line fora full psychological testing for ODD, autism, RAD, bipolar, etc. I cannot stand him. He is the most irritating kid. He tries to get under everyone's skin, won't shut up and throws tantrums if you ask him to do anything. He is 9 but acts like a 4 year old at best. DH only yells at him if I say something, otherwise he mostly ignores him.

So another pointless phone conversation with DH. He had called to tell me something about his work. We started to discuss the thing about the police coming to the house last night for SS and I tried to ask DH again as to what the consequences are for that.

So DH calls me (we are currently apart) and tells me the cops just left our house. There is a guy (one of DH's friends) that is renovating our house right now and living there. He's working mostly in the basement and DH has asked him to "look after" SS also before and after school. I don't know exactly what he does for SS but it's probably not much. It's just to say an adult is in the house so SS9 isn't technically home alone. For the record, he is the most irresponsible kid that I know of and personally I would never even think to leave him alone without constant adult supervision.

So now that SS9 is living with us FT, I'm starting to see all the sacrifices I need to give up in order to raise him up in a normal, loving environment. SS has been diagnosed with ADHD and ADD and his school is having him undergo full psychological assessments as well as autism testing. He just started going to this school so they don't know what's wrong with him yet. With his BM, he was bounced from school to school so there was never accurate testing done.