Our son (9yo) confided in us recently that the only reason he came to live with us is that he wanted to get away from hi

Alexander Selkirk was born in 1676 as the 7th child of a poor cobbler. As he grew older, he took to the sea and soon became a buccaneer, which essentially meant an English-government authorized legal pirate at that time.

We can handle a nine-year old’s punches, kicks, and bites now, but pretty soon, he will be a teenager and be much stronger. There will be a day when he will be able to overcome us physically, and we have no idea what to do when that happens.

He goes to therapy, but it’s made no difference. We begin intensive in-home therapy as well as medication this week. We desperately hope they work, but I’m worried they won’t. He doesn’t like us very much unless we are giving him exactly what he wants when he wants it.

It’s become clear now that he was just saying those things to get away from his previous placement. Again, I don’t blame him. His old foster mom would physically abuse him.

I suppose most of us would have grown up reading the classic castaway tale of Robinson Crusoe, written by Daniel Defoe in 1719. The tale of the shipwrecked Crusoe marooned on an island, facing natives, cannibals, pirates, and successfully surviving all the hardships has enthralled readers of all age groups for centuries.

Recently archaeologists have even identified the island based on the remains of a campsite that is said to belong to Alexander Selkirk. The island is now called Robinson Crusoe’s Island and is a minor tourist attraction for people wanting to go off the beaten track.

Selkirk soon became the sailing master of a ship called Cinque Ports, serving under a 21-year-old Captain, Thomas Stradling. Stradling was supposed to be an egoistic, arrogant captain and he instantly took a dislike in the ‘insolent’, ‘devil-may-care’ attitude of Selkirk who soon became his sworn enemy.

But not many know that Daniel Defoe’s classic was loosely based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor and Royal Navy officer who was marooned alone on one of the islands of Juan Fernández for four years and four months from 1704 to 1709.

The real problem is that he doesn’t see us as parents, and because of that, he has very little respect for us. If any. When we try to have serious talks with him or administer discipline for poor behavior, he shuts down, or worse. He gets violent. He has completely destroyed the walls in his room. You can see it in the other room now. He physically attacks us, threatens to kill us/stab us. This past week, he tried to choke me because I asked him to stop using his drum stick to put more holes in the wall.

In September 1704, the ship stopped for water at an island in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago that was completely devoid of human life. Here was when Selkirk got into an argument with Stradling over the seaworthiness of the ship. As per Selkirk, the ship was in bad shape and would sink at any time. In the heat of the moment, he told that he would prefer staying on the desolate island rather than going back to the ship.

We can handle a nine-year old’s punches, kicks, and bites now, but pretty soon, he will be a teenager and be much stronger. There will be a day when he will be able to overcome us physically, and we have no idea what to do when that happens.

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He is officially adopted now and is legally our son. So, there’s no going back. He can’t be placed with another family now. We had many conversations with him when he was in a foster placement with us to make sure he wanted to be part of our family. He always said that he did want to be with us. On the day we signed the adoption paperwork, we even had him talk with the social worker privately one last time to ask him if he really wants to be part of our family? He said yes.

Unlike Crusoe, Selkirk was deliberately marooned on the island as a punishment for his ‘insolent’ behavior. Selkirk pleaded with the captain Thomas Stradling to be allowed back but the captain was hell-bent on setting an example. Selkirk finally resigned to his fate expecting another ship to take him back within a few days.

We try to do everything we can to make him feel happy and loved. We bought him drums so that he can follow his passion for that. We shower him with gifts and spend a lot of time playing with him and trying to engage.