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Mom works as a household manager for a wealthy family in the next town. They have three boys; her duties are to get the kids to school, shopping, etc.
Both of the parents are research department heads at a local hospital.
All three kids are starved for attention, but the older two seem to behave themselves (the youngest one is the instigator; they treat him like a 'baby' because he insists on acting like one, he lashes out, they respond, repeat until pulpy or someone separates them).
The youngest seems to be a budding sociopath. He has zero empathy for anyone (or anything) else; the kids had been wanting a dog but wisely the parents refused. Not really fair to the older two, but my concern (and hers) was what the youngest would do to the poor thing. Mom refuses to leave him alone for fear that he would hurt himself or damage/set fire to the house (that apparently almost happened before she was hired). One of his ideas of fun is locking everyone else out. He's also a master manipulator, seems to have some signs of bipolar as well.
On Tuesday, they get out of school at noon so mom has to bring them home (they had a nanny, who seems to have quit and then came back; the youngest boy who mom has dubbed 'Damien' is only eight and they've gone through seven nannies).
D: Psychokid
O1: Middle boy
So D and the other two are playing outside, the usual yelling and all that when suddenly it goes dead quiet. Then D comes in crying "O1 punched me!"
Mom: "What did you do to him?"
D: "Nothing!"
Mom doesn't trust D at all, so she calls O1 in to talk to him. O1 is walking oddly.
Unfortunately mom's the only adult in the house so she can't separate them; she doesn't want to send D outside again unsupervised. (she mentioned that she could have used me there to calm O1 down or restrain D; mom can put up with a lot and when she invokes my skills I know it was pretty bad)
What mom determines from 'interviewing' O1 (she no longer trusts D's word on anything) is that D had pulled O1's pants down and was tugging quite hard on his penis
What D said next shocked me even more than what he did earlier: "I know you liked that when I did it."
She calls the mother immediately and says "You need to come home NOW." It took her (mom) almost an hour to get O1 to understand that it was not his fault at all, he didn't do anything.
I didn't find out whether she had actually discussed this with the parents, but I should find out when mom gets home today. Unfortunately the only evidence is O1's explanation of events and what mom heard D say. The parents really don't believe in any sort of punishment; they rely on negotiation to get D to stop whatever he's doing. They tend to laugh it off also, and blame the older boys for beating on D.
Both of the parents are research department heads at a local hospital.
All three kids are starved for attention, but the older two seem to behave themselves (the youngest one is the instigator; they treat him like a 'baby' because he insists on acting like one, he lashes out, they respond, repeat until pulpy or someone separates them).
The youngest seems to be a budding sociopath. He has zero empathy for anyone (or anything) else; the kids had been wanting a dog but wisely the parents refused. Not really fair to the older two, but my concern (and hers) was what the youngest would do to the poor thing. Mom refuses to leave him alone for fear that he would hurt himself or damage/set fire to the house (that apparently almost happened before she was hired). One of his ideas of fun is locking everyone else out. He's also a master manipulator, seems to have some signs of bipolar as well.
On Tuesday, they get out of school at noon so mom has to bring them home (they had a nanny, who seems to have quit and then came back; the youngest boy who mom has dubbed 'Damien' is only eight and they've gone through seven nannies).
D: Psychokid
O1: Middle boy
So D and the other two are playing outside, the usual yelling and all that when suddenly it goes dead quiet. Then D comes in crying "O1 punched me!"
Mom: "What did you do to him?"
D: "Nothing!"
Mom doesn't trust D at all, so she calls O1 in to talk to him. O1 is walking oddly.
Unfortunately mom's the only adult in the house so she can't separate them; she doesn't want to send D outside again unsupervised. (she mentioned that she could have used me there to calm O1 down or restrain D; mom can put up with a lot and when she invokes my skills I know it was pretty bad)
What mom determines from 'interviewing' O1 (she no longer trusts D's word on anything) is that D had pulled O1's pants down and was tugging quite hard on his penis
What D said next shocked me even more than what he did earlier: "I know you liked that when I did it."
She calls the mother immediately and says "You need to come home NOW." It took her (mom) almost an hour to get O1 to understand that it was not his fault at all, he didn't do anything.
I didn't find out whether she had actually discussed this with the parents, but I should find out when mom gets home today. Unfortunately the only evidence is O1's explanation of events and what mom heard D say. The parents really don't believe in any sort of punishment; they rely on negotiation to get D to stop whatever he's doing. They tend to laugh it off also, and blame the older boys for beating on D.
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