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Teenager acts like a little baby
I'm asking this here because I'm very concerned about my 16 year old
male cousin. Over the past few years, he's gotten in a lot of trouble at school. It seems he started acting up when my uncle married his mom. He tries to act like a "hot shot" and tries to be the center of attention as well as a know it all. He was the center of his mom's world until she got married, had another kid, and they moved in with my uncle's parents. He's gotten kicked out of school about three times and has had to go to court. No one in the family trusts him anymore as everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. He picks on his two year old brother and has even pushed him on the floor causing him to cry. His mom has decided to send him to some sort of boot camp program that is ran by the U.S. Marines. If he successfully completes the program then he gets his GED and help getting a job. He also has the option to join the Marines if his mom signs a release form as he is a minor. If he fails the program, he'll probably be sent to a juvenile detention center until he's 18. It's been my opinion all along that he has some sort of psychological problem that boot camp will not fix. I was recently made aware by our grandmother who lives with them, that he acts like a baby sometimes. He will suck on his little brother's bottles, watch children's shows such as Blue's Clues while sitting on the child couch which is designed for a toddler. He plays with his brother's toys and will sort of "snuggle" up to his mother. He's like all over her and wants her to cuddle and coddle him. I've never seen any of this but it is obvious that he's too attached to his mom. He's not violent and doesn't get very angry, he's intelligent but also does stupid things. He doesn't use drugs as proven by a court ordered drug test after he was caught with marijuana. He did steal his mom's gun and no one knows what he was going to do with it. He ran away from home once or twice but since they live in the middle of nowhere all he did was hang out in the woods behind their house for a day or two. When he goes out in public, he dresses like a "bad boy" as if he's really trying to impress someone. He's very good looking and I bet most girls would fall over him while dressed like that. He's always fixing his hair even when he's at home or he's always primping as our grandmother says. He's charming and can con anyone into anything. He comes off as an immature teenager or kid rather than adult. Most people view him as a 13 year old which is the age when he started acting up. Something is obviously wrong. His mom is open to suggestions and isn't afraid to hear other's opinions about her son. She says he's seen a counselor (I think it was a school counselor) which didn't do any good. Because of that, she sees no point in taking him to a psychiatrist. I think he needs some professional counseling as well as perhaps some medication like Prozac or Zoloft. I think if he doesn't get this help soon then he's really gonna get screwed up. What do you all suggest? What is your opinions on this matter? This behavior of acting like a baby is definitely not normal for a teenage boy. Something is definitely wrong, but what? Ideas, anyone? |
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wrote: I was recently made aware by our grandmother who lives with them, that he acts like a baby sometimes. He will suck on his little brother's bottles, watch children's shows such as Blue's Clues while sitting on the child couch which is designed for a toddler. He plays with his brother's toys and will sort of "snuggle" up to his mother. He's like all over her and wants her to cuddle and coddle him. This behavior of acting like a baby is definitely not normal for a teenage boy. Something is definitely wrong, but what? Ideas, anyone? He's obviously starving for attention. He sees his baby brother getting attention so he acts like a baby in hopes to get some of the attention his brother gets. His other behaviors are also ploys for attention, and he'll try to get it in any way possible, good or bad. Like another poster said, *family* counseling is needed. ~Peggy |
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People care about people at boot camp?
That is a new one to me. I thought the point of boot camp was to make a person feel so miserable that they behave. |
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Thanks for all the replies.
I think family couseling is a great idea. If I can, I'll try to mention that to his mom (my aunt) the next time she starts ranting about his behavior. Although, if they decide to do that, they'll have to hold off until next year. I forgot that my uncle (the step-father) got a new job in another state and had to start immediately. It won't be until the end of this year until the rest of the family moves to the new state too. So the step-father is in one state and the mom and two kids are in another. Interestingly, my cousin's behavior has gotten even worse since the step-father left for the new job. I would have thought that his behavior would've improved since he'll get a bit more of his mother's attention now. I just hope everything turns out ok for them all. |
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