My 6 year old is violent. I have sought tones of treatment…believe me I have exhausted my resources. She is physically abusive to her 5 year old sister (who is also adopted, but does not have “issues”). She has punched her in the face, slammed her face into a door frame, stabbed her with a fork, kicked her in the stomach…the list goes on and on. As she gets bigger and stronger I am becoming more and more afraid for my 5 year old daughter’s life. I know she is only 6, but it is SEVERE. She is an adopted child who’s biological mother did crack while pregnant. My 6 year old and my mother do beautifully together. She is very good for her grandmother. If I were to leave her with her grandmother and take my 5 year old away to protect her is it considered abandonment?
Understand, I have EXHAUSTED other resources. I have talked with the school system, worked with psycho therapists, had her on special diets and minerals and vitamins, had her try many various prescription drugs, etc. NOTHING works. “Running away” is a last and desperate resort.
I understand that everyone is concerned about the 6 year old…but what about my 5 year old? She is the one who is constantly neglected because I have to give my full attention and time to the 6 year old. My 6 year old has tried to KILL my 5 year old. She has put her hands around her sisters trhoat on several occasions chocking and shaking her. The last time she did it I physically could not pry her hands off of her sisters throat and had to get a wooden spoon and smack her arm to get her to let go. I fully realize the implications of abandoning a child, but what about the implications of NOT protecting my other daughter? What if she ends up dead? Who is to blame then?
