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<blockquote data-quote="whatamess" data-source="post: 561496" data-attributes="member: 7664"><p>Unless brushing teeth has been a struggle before, then I would say this is clearly about the "changing of RULES". Every other night teeth brushing is an absolute rule and for a reason you thought was valid, you were allowed to choose whether this absolute rule could now be changed. I think there are definitely a subset of children for whom rules give security in a very dramatic way. It sounds like Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) children are affected dramatically. I know children on the autism spectrum are affected dramatically. My own temperment as a child always had me asking WHY and when the answers to why were not consistent or seemed capricious, this made me mistrust those who handed down these 'sometimes' rules. I believe you did not do anything wrong, Malika. J needs to learn some skills before he understands and can be more flexible when rules change or have exceptions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whatamess, post: 561496, member: 7664"] Unless brushing teeth has been a struggle before, then I would say this is clearly about the "changing of RULES". Every other night teeth brushing is an absolute rule and for a reason you thought was valid, you were allowed to choose whether this absolute rule could now be changed. I think there are definitely a subset of children for whom rules give security in a very dramatic way. It sounds like Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) children are affected dramatically. I know children on the autism spectrum are affected dramatically. My own temperment as a child always had me asking WHY and when the answers to why were not consistent or seemed capricious, this made me mistrust those who handed down these 'sometimes' rules. I believe you did not do anything wrong, Malika. J needs to learn some skills before he understands and can be more flexible when rules change or have exceptions. [/QUOTE]
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