Every Mother wants to protect their child, give them the type of life that makes them into incredible humans.  But, how do we protect them from themselves?

We always hear these inspiring stories of children beating all odds and you read them and just hope that will be your child. People don’t talk openly about their unpredictable children, the violent children, the children that are a risk to themselves and others.

That’s my child. He is beautiful, smart and quirky. He has a heart of gold towards animals and people, well, when they are ‘on his side’. I am always on his side, but being a lone parent, it is always me that has to tell him off. I have to set the boundaries and my child doesn’t like that.

My child has a temper and when I say temper, I don’t mean throwing themselves on the floor, screaming and swinging his arms and legs around. Well, he does do that, but I mean a temper like I’ve never seen before.

I mean attacking people running and smashing up stuff I mean attacking people and smashing things up. I mean jumping out of windows (and yes, I mean his upstairs bedroom window). I mean meltdowns that last for hours on end. I mean having to stop in a shop, watching him meltdown, because there is nothing else you can do. I mean avoiding doing almost anything out of routine because it may trigger him.

I have begged for help and I have done every parenting course that you can think of. I have pushed and pushed for help, phoning Drs, Psychiatrists, and even the Multi Agency Referral Unit. I have got to the point where I have called Social services myself, breaking my heart, miserable and at a loss of what to do.

Nobody seems to help him. It’s always my parenting, no one seems to listen when I say I’ve tried everything. I have another child though and he is an angel – how could that happen if it’s all down to me?

I didn’t write this blog for advice; I have had enough of that to last a lifetime. I wrote this for those parents out there. The ones with ‘naughty children’ so that you know you aren’t alone.