Originally Posted by Relentless

Good luck 'disciplining' someone who is mentally ill, especially a child who is schizophrenic...

When you discipline someone you are using positive or negative reinforcement to show them that a behavior is going to either get them in trouble or earn them a reward. Mentally I'll people can't process that information. Saying 'clean your room or no electronics for a week' to a ten year old having a schizophrenic episode is as useful as saying 'your room is on fire, get a banana and all the shoes you can find.' The hard part of dealing with someone who is crazy is the fact that they are crazy. If they responded in a sane way to risks and rewards there would be no problem... Because they would no longer be crazy. Step one is to get them back into reality, which is accomplished via drugs, time and mostly luck.

Taking a self righteous approach to advising this woman is about as helpful as laying out a five year plan for her mentally ill offspring. Good luck with that.