[Petie]

Well, talked to her this morning and she is very upset. She said she didn't mean to react that way but that she was honestly scared. Last time she lived with us, my dd attacked her with a knife (this was what caused us to start locking up the knives), but right before dd attacked her, she had done the same thing, cursing and screaming at mom. That does make it easier to understand her reaction. She has stated that she did apologize to Lala after she reacted that way.

Hopefully it's been handled, but I did tell her that from now on she won't be alone with the children unless it's an emergency, at least for a while. I also told her she needs to explain to Simon that what she did was wrong so that he doesn't continue to believe it's acceptable. She honestly didn't think about the fact that she can't just apologize to one child without explaining it to the others. She only had two of us to raise, there are four kids in this house.

By the way, food stamps only gives her $15 a month, so not quite enough to keep her fed.