1. i have two children one 11 the other 28, my daughter makes me laugh all the time simply because she says the most random things
2. i do arty things like colour and nails to try to relive stress
3. I found reach out as i was looking for advise about my daughter on the internet
4. patience, and then some more patience and a lot of understanding
5. unfortunately i only get one weekend out of two due to work, so the fact that im not working lol
the reason for this post is the fact that my daughter contacted me at work this evening and told me that she had had an argument with her dad and during this she had told him that she hated him, after this while in the shower she was feeling really bad that she had said it to him and in her words " the little devil on her shoulder told her to do it to make her feel better " thankfully she didn't actually hurt herself, due to trying to use an object to self harm that didn't work, but she had a red mark where she attempted it.... i was horrified, i came home straight away and after speaking with her, trying not to show my horror at what she had tried to do she told me that after doing it she felt worse because she knew she shouldnt of done it, im just worried that this is the start of something as she has done things like bitten the side of her finger nails until they have bled in the past...... im at a loss of what to do and of saying the wrong thing to her, you never think a 11 year old girl would do something like that.......
