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From: FosterMommy  (Original Message)Sent: 14/07/2008 12:16 a.m.
 
Here is a little info on our situation. We are foster parents thinking of adoption. One of the children, 5 yrs old, in our care is showing tons of traits that are concerning us. We have had this child for over 7 months now, and have been very adament about following rules and their consequences. What is scary is the fact this child will be told not to do something and give a little smirk and do it again. You can do timeouts and alone time but it does no good. This child is physically agressive, showing sexual agression, shows no remorse when caught doing something wrong, distructivness to clothing and furniture, mean to the cats (chasing and pulling tails). When asked "why did you do that?" this child replies "I dont know" or just looks at you like you are crazy. When asked "why is it not ok to do this behavior?" the child can explain short and long term reasons as to why not do it.This child was treated as the one who could do on wrong at the prior placement from age 2 1/2 to 4 1/2. One councelor has stated to me that it sounds like he has narcissistic characteristics, but we should work on this for another 6 months before worring. My question to you all is "I have 5 other children in my house that I have to think of also. If he is narcissistic is there hope?"
 
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From: XtraMSN NicknamefemfreeSent: 29/07/2008 4:35 a.m.
Hi Fostermommy. I can't answer your question, but I can say that in the years since our site here has been going that I've seen so many similar messages from parents who found out too late they adopted a child with the NP disorder and their lives were turned into hell and chaos.
 
I wish I had better news.
 

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