You might have a bp kid if ....
  • You spend more on meds than on food, shelter, or both combined!
  • Your house resembles Martha Stewart's new address and not her old address.
  • You have the psychiatrist on speed dial.
  • The school has YOU on speed dial!
  • You've had to change pdocs more often than your child changes clothes.
  • Your neighbors HAVE to know your business.
  • You have holes in your walls and doors coming off the hinges, but that's the last thing you're worried about.
  • Your friends are worried about dinner parties, while you're worried about getting your child to eat something for dinner besides just carbs!
  • Everyone at the school knows your child, and gives you "the look".
  • All of your friends and family are ready, willing, and able to give YOU advice on what to do with your child(ren) when they're sure they have all the answers, but refuse to even babysit for you for one night.
  • The neighborhood Walmart greeter says "Oh, it's you again" instead of "Hi! Welcome to Walmart!" when you and your child(ren) come in the store.
    Strangers feel the need to tell you how they could raise your child better.
  • It takes a psychiatric consult to find out what med is safe to give your child for the common cold.
    Your neighbors children have soccer practice 2 days a week, your child has therapy appointments to learn relaxation techniques instead.
  • While others safety proof their homes for their toddlers, you still have to safety proof your house for your teenager.
  • You're an expert at drywall repair.
  • The people in Walmart see you coming and run for cover!
  • The local psych hospital installs a revolving door with your name on it!
  • You drive like you're 100 years old for fear of an object being hurled at your head.
  • You have more doctors and hospitals programmed into your cell phone than you have friends.
  • Everyone, including the kitchen help, at the psych hospital knows you and your child by name
  • You're on a first name basis with your pharmacist.
  • Instead of passing condescending looks, you're sympathetic when you see a mom with another child who is raging in public.
  • You're more concerned with the wars at home than overseas.
  • You've been kicked out of every daycare in town.

    and...
  • Instead of belonging to the local garden or book club..... you spend your time here with us, at GCBF!




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