Thank you both, AAAAA and PleaseHelp!

Yes AAAAA, this is the same daughter I've been discussing. She frustrates me to no end. For such a smart woman, she can make such dumb decisions at times. No wonder grandson doesn't think he has to follow any set of rules, his mom doesn't think that the rules should apply to her either. She's always bucking them or trying to get them changed to something she believes she can live with instead of sucking it up and following them. The rules I'm talking about now are those at the shelter. Each family is responsible for doing some chores within the home aside from cleaning up after themselves and their family. She thinks that because she is the only one there that works almost full time, she shouldn't be expected to pitch in anything extra around the place. Heaven forbid she actually has to "clean" something, it's like the end of the world for her.

Anywho, grandson had another good day at school yesterday. He actually managed to get himself out of a situation that was making him angry before he blew up!!!! He is now recognizing his triggers and I think that's awesome! He didn't have straight 5's yesterday but he had a couple of 3's and some 6's so it evened out quite nicely. The 6's he received because he got extra points for doing his self care. I'm so very proud of him. And he's feeling very proud of himself right now.....he needs to feel that more and more as far as I'm concerned.

We'll see how things go through the weekend. There are some extra stressors on the family now with being in the shelter. I told grandson the other day that it wasn't his job to worry about finding a place to live, it was his mom's responsibility. His responsibility was to try to be helpful and to do as well as he can in school. I hope that helped to take some of the stress off his back. He needs to be a kid, not an adult!