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I agree you pick your battles, but there are priviledges that they don't need or things he will want you to do that you don't have to do if he won't do things for you. You are a family and they help each other. We had a foster daughter that sounds just like that. She threatened 3 times suicide and tried to hurt herself. Was hospitalized each time. I never saw where it helped. They never did get her meds right, constantly changing them. Finally she started threatening to hurt the other kids, not simple things, but I'll cut your head off type of things when she had her temper tantrums. Her room got worse all the time, I packed things away so she did not have as much, put an alarm on the kitchen. She started stealing food during the night like half gal. of ice cream, ate what she wanted and let the rest melt in bed. Made chocolate sundays and did the same things. Found ice cream bars hid under the pillow. She also had started to gain weight like 6 to 10 pounds a month which lets you know she was not hungry. Its been 1 1/2 years since she was moved, adoption is still not final, been in the system 5 yr. I know exactly what you are dealing with.
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