Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
5 year old, possible adhd, destructive behavior...help!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="ready2run" data-source="post: 445688" data-attributes="member: 11339"><p>sounds alot like my difficult child. we have had issues with knives/lighter/sharp things with him. i don't think your difficult child is too young to get a diagnosis and medication. they make exceptions when it becomes a threat to their safety and the safety of others. first you need to get locks for drawers and cupboards that have any potentially dangerous things in them, and then make sure you put ALL knives/tools/lighters in them. i had to buy a pantry and put a bike lock type thing on it in for bathroom and cleaning supplies as well. this has cut down alot on dangerous incidences. make sure your other child knows that these things are not acceptable and that you guys are not okay with her brother doing stuff like that and are trying to prevent it. be consistant with discipline. my difficult child needs to be told/punished for something 100 times to learn what the average kid learns after once or twice. they do learn, eventually though. i will admit that it took me spanking him to get him to stop some behaviours, basically if i deam the behaviour to be a safety threat he gets a spank. doesn't work on some difficult child's but mine it sinks in eventually where as time out or taking toys only makes him seek revenge. </p><p>the next thing we had to do was put a lock on the outside of difficult child's door. i know some will be horrified but oh well. they don't live in my house. i was not sleeping because difficult child gets up each morning way too early and would sneak around and steal things, destroy things, do things to people who are sleeping and basically i would wake up to a nightmare more often than not. at that point i was thinking of sending difficult child to foster care in order to keep the other children safe from him. so when he goes to sleep, the door gets locked. he is allowed to come out to use the washroom whenever he pleases(with in reason) simply by calling us. when it gets to be morning he can wake us up if the sun is awake and we will let him out. we also use the lock when he is smashing things or attacking people. in which case his room becomes his own personal little psychiatric ward....lol. </p><p>good luck, i hope you get him some medical help soon. i know it is a hassle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ready2run, post: 445688, member: 11339"] sounds alot like my difficult child. we have had issues with knives/lighter/sharp things with him. i don't think your difficult child is too young to get a diagnosis and medication. they make exceptions when it becomes a threat to their safety and the safety of others. first you need to get locks for drawers and cupboards that have any potentially dangerous things in them, and then make sure you put ALL knives/tools/lighters in them. i had to buy a pantry and put a bike lock type thing on it in for bathroom and cleaning supplies as well. this has cut down alot on dangerous incidences. make sure your other child knows that these things are not acceptable and that you guys are not okay with her brother doing stuff like that and are trying to prevent it. be consistant with discipline. my difficult child needs to be told/punished for something 100 times to learn what the average kid learns after once or twice. they do learn, eventually though. i will admit that it took me spanking him to get him to stop some behaviours, basically if i deam the behaviour to be a safety threat he gets a spank. doesn't work on some difficult child's but mine it sinks in eventually where as time out or taking toys only makes him seek revenge. the next thing we had to do was put a lock on the outside of difficult child's door. i know some will be horrified but oh well. they don't live in my house. i was not sleeping because difficult child gets up each morning way too early and would sneak around and steal things, destroy things, do things to people who are sleeping and basically i would wake up to a nightmare more often than not. at that point i was thinking of sending difficult child to foster care in order to keep the other children safe from him. so when he goes to sleep, the door gets locked. he is allowed to come out to use the washroom whenever he pleases(with in reason) simply by calling us. when it gets to be morning he can wake us up if the sun is awake and we will let him out. we also use the lock when he is smashing things or attacking people. in which case his room becomes his own personal little psychiatric ward....lol. good luck, i hope you get him some medical help soon. i know it is a hassle. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
5 year old, possible adhd, destructive behavior...help!
Top