Help!

[katiekat]

I need some input on a situation. Sean's mother called and said that she awoke to Sean in the kitchen mixing together some fabic softener and other cleaning products and when she asked him what he was doing he said he was making a bomb. This to me is very concerning for 2 reasons. Number one if you mix the wrong things together you cant actually hurt yourself. Im sure Sean does not know the difference between fabric softener and bleach. What if some had gotten in his eyes or been dangerous to inhale? Second-why was he "making a bomb?" Seriously, this scares me. In some cases this could just be the old "boys will be boys." However when talking about someone who in the past(and currently w/ his sister) has been so violent/aggressive and also made statements about suicide and wanting to hurt others I think it's a bit more serious.
I am planning on callinghis counselor at school tomorrow and have her talk to him about it but my husband thinks it's no big deal and I am overreacting. What do you think?

[jj]

I sincerely hope you are over-reacting but I think you should go with your gut on this. We all have seen kids make bombs out of mud or water baloons and they knew full well these were not bombs. I think I would be concerned too since he was putting "ingredients" together.

I hope it is just boys will be boys.

[charliegirl]

I would try to calmly ask him about it, why he wanted to, etc. I would do my best to keep the tone conversational, like you were just curious so he didn't get on the defensive.

I agree that it could be either. With all the violence kids are facing in the news and entertainment both, it could easily be either.

He also may have seen or heard about mixing baking soda and vinegar and wanted to create that type of explosion, not realizing calling it a bomb was a red flag to adults.

[puzzled]

I agree that it could be that he was innocently mixing stuff and it is no big deal, but it could also be that it is something to be concerned about. It can't hurt to have it looked into.

[anon4now]

I say definately get someone to talk to him about it. Sometimes they will suprise you and the "reasoning" was very innocent, and other times you are glad you asked. If you or hubby can't talk to him without getting into an arguement, then hopefully the counselor gets him to talk.

GL
A4N

[jill]

It is better to go overboard than not do anything at all for you do not know what is going on.

[charliegirl]

What was the final outcome to this?

[katiekat]

We talked to him and got a bunch of "I dont knows" and "I forgets." These are his standard answers for EVERYTHING in life. I called the school counselor and asked her to talk to him about it. She got back to me and said she got basically the same information out of him. We talked to him about how dangerous it is to mix cleaning chemicals and that something really bad could have happened even if he didnt mean for it to. Honestly I dont know what his intentions were-if it was harmless play or what. He needs more supervision over there I do know that.

[jill]

sounds like bordum and impulses