Well, we were definitely on the mark when we were wanting to discuss family dynamics!
No question about it, this was a messy divorce and mom was really doing all she could to get custody of the son. It will be interesting to hear more as time goes by. I am curious if the dad was aggressive or if it is true that the accusations were "unfounded."
Also, I am feeling more and more that this was something he had planned out as opposed to being a spur of the moment 'fit of rage' type of thing. Nothing in particular to make me say so, but just a gut feeling.
I think it is interesting that at first all we were hearing was how great and normal of a kid he is, other than him being stressed to be in a new school, but now we find out that he had such major issues at home that he spoke of abuse from his father to school personnel.
Someone mentioned that the school nearby also had magnet classes, and they weren't sure why he changed schools. Could it be that his dad felt he was hanging out with the wrong crowd and wanted him to lose that crowd and change some of his behavior?
It seems like this could be a situation of the boy having a wild side that dad was getting fed up with and tried to rein in, but since mom seems like she was happy to be his favorite, maybe that caused the boy to rebel against dad more and culminate into a fit of rage against grandma.
Just a thought. (Well a couple of them.... lol)
