Well, Kate's first day on meds was not the miracle she had hoped for. She came home and frumped on the couch and wouldn't answer me about how the day went. "I don't want to tell you!", was all she would say, getting teary. I set aside what I was doing to talk with her more directly and find out why she was upset. "I never wanna talk about it! I don't wanna tell you!" Well, if that doesn't send up red flags... If she's getting that upset I really need to know what happened! "I don't wanna say anything. I'm gonna get grounded and you're gonna talk to me for a long time about it!" Ok, so she thinks she's in trouble, but I can't imagine her ever doing anything too terrible.
Eventually, with much drama and tears she eventually told me. One of the girls in her class is frequently bossy to her, and Katie told her that she acts like she's the queen of the school. This caused the little girl to cry, which got the teacher's attention, who came over to speak to them, which caused Katie to cry as well, and she was horribly embarrassed.
Poor Kate, so worried about something so innocent. She was completely overwrought and took a long time to settle down even after I told her I was not mad at her. I told her it is ok to stand up for herself as long as she does it nicely and I knew she hadn't meant to make the other girl cry. She did say that she felt like the pill had helped her, "but then it all got ruined".
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