ok now that i'm done with my assignment and i've had a shower and am all relaxed and less stressed.... i take everything i said back.... lol! ok i really don't. i really don't understand why she acts that way.... i think i'm more worried and frustrated than i am anything else. #1 as i previously stated her father is a psychopath.... hopefully this isnt genetic... i also think he could possibly be bipolar... some of the behaviors she demonstrates reflect bipolar..... worries me. My class now is working on child development and right now we're on the prenatal development and factors effecting.... therefore... now that got me to thinking about prenatal care with her..... during my pregnancy i was stressed, in much the same way as i am now... but not really... i cried all the time, yelled, screamed, got choke slammed, had a car wreck....The way I acted then resembles the way she acts now... what if that affected her? I honestly hope it's just a phase.... BUT if you saw the way she acted, you would think she had problems. I cry at myself because i'm so hard on her... but there is no reason ANY child should act like that... bipolar, add, autism or anything.... they have to mind and follow rules too. I'm gonna be honest.... i told g i wasnt her mom (how mean, but that is going back to the things i shouldnt say thing...) and i walked out of her room.... i think that hit her hard... she was yelling at me that i was her mom and she didnt wanna go anywhere else. She said "i want you to be my mommy" which made me sad for saying what i said..... but i said "Kids don't treat their mommys the way you treat me.... if i was your mommy, you wouldnt treat me the way you do" which she probably understood ZERO of what i was getting at.... but it made me feel better. And she calls me mean... i try to make her understand that she could be somewhere else with someone who would BEAT her until she was BLACK AND BLUE!!!!!! she can't understand that.....  she doesn't understand she has it made. I ask her "do i buy you stuff? do i get you almost anything you want? do i buy you clothes? do you stay warm at night?" then i say.... "that's real mean isnt it" haha i AM MEAN!!! but i wish she could understand how she has it made..... i wish she could see the kids that don't get fed, that don't get clothed or taken care of! One day i know she will grow up and outgrow it but it's so frustrating when they call you mean..... especially when you spoil them the way she has been spoiled!!! Now i'm done on that subject. Let me tell you about my assignment.... I got it all done at around 11:20... and then when i posted it... it said submitted at : 12:20 AM Nov.1... i was like AHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT?????? Then i checked the announcements and they said any discussion post submitted late will receive a ZERO!!!! but then i look on the syllabus and it says our assignments are due at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time... 1:59 Eastern Time.... here let me copy and paste it.... "All assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) on the day assigned (which is 1:59 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) the next day). The time stamp in the classroom will reflect Eastern Time (ET), regardless of your time zone. As long as your submission time stamp is no later than 1:59 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), you have submitted on time" help me understand then? is mine late? hahaha i emailed her to find out... just in case... hopefully since its the first week she'll be lenient... if not oh well i guess.. ok good nigth!