[stevenstwin]

Austin is still "punishing" me for not picking him up on Saturday, and probably also for giving him "inadequate" Christmas presents. He walks by me at school, POINTEDLY ignoring me. I won't play that game. But tonight I found out (via my daughter's Facebook) that he got in a fist fight after school and got both front teeth knocked out. He was smart enough (somewhat to my surprise) to contact his Social Worker, who sent him to the dentist right away. I have a dreadful urge to call him and see if he's okay - but I know that he'd rebuff me at this point. I'd also be tempted to give him trouble for the fighting. And apparently idiot "dad' posted congratulation on the Facebook page saying "way to go" and "i hope the other guy's in the hospital - or the morgue!" (yeah, the other guy is half A's size, and did need a few stitches to his hand, where he cut his knuckles on A's teeth. HA!) He's making his own decisions and choosing his own solutions, so I need to leave him alone and not rush in to help and enable. But I need to post it here to distract me so I don't do it!! (and WHY does a kid who is so afraid of pain - used to call me to rush him to coddle him for every scrape - keep picking fights and getting himself injured??)