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<blockquote data-quote="gbisdunn" data-source="post: 399001"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hi to a newbie from a newbie! I posted my first thread a few days after you, New year new start if you want to read. My difficult child is also a boy and he will be turning 8 in a few weeks. I see a lot of similarities in them. My son has had medical issues but also emotional and behavioral issues. The problem of course like yours is we are the only ones who get the benefit of seeing that side. For a long time I thought I was just a bad parent because he was angel at school, at other's houses, and at relatives. Then I read the Explosive Child book and it helped alot. My husband and I felt like the book was written for us. I highly recommend reading it. I am also reading What Your Explosive Child is Trying to tell you and it too has shed some new light. He sees a behavioral therapist to help him learn how to cope with his emotions but I feel like we are at a stand still and this past new years eve was a big step back. So we joined the forum and are now looking a NeuroPsychologist exam and maybe Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Its a lot to take in but we all only want the best for our children. I totally understand about butting heads and then the terrible guilt that follows and the bad cycle that gets created. Just keep educating yourself and don't stop until that pit in your stomach that there is something wrong goes away. I still feel like there is something more we can be doing so I am still learning about different things. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The meltdown about laundry hit home. We ask him to pick up a candy wrapper, or hand his coat, or anything considered simple and he throws himself on the floor and whines and yells why do I have to or screams I hate you or throws something. Like you charts and rewards and punishment have been tried with short or no success. Add in a easy child who is only 18 months younger who you are trying to teach things too but only feels like her brother gets away with everything so then you go easier on her and another cycle starts. I am sure all of this sounds familiar and I will keep you updated on what we learn if you do the same. I would start out with reading the Explosive child and trying things that work for your family.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gbisdunn, post: 399001"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Hi to a newbie from a newbie! I posted my first thread a few days after you, New year new start if you want to read. My difficult child is also a boy and he will be turning 8 in a few weeks. I see a lot of similarities in them. My son has had medical issues but also emotional and behavioral issues. The problem of course like yours is we are the only ones who get the benefit of seeing that side. For a long time I thought I was just a bad parent because he was angel at school, at other's houses, and at relatives. Then I read the Explosive Child book and it helped alot. My husband and I felt like the book was written for us. I highly recommend reading it. I am also reading What Your Explosive Child is Trying to tell you and it too has shed some new light. He sees a behavioral therapist to help him learn how to cope with his emotions but I feel like we are at a stand still and this past new years eve was a big step back. So we joined the forum and are now looking a NeuroPsychologist exam and maybe Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Its a lot to take in but we all only want the best for our children. I totally understand about butting heads and then the terrible guilt that follows and the bad cycle that gets created. Just keep educating yourself and don't stop until that pit in your stomach that there is something wrong goes away. I still feel like there is something more we can be doing so I am still learning about different things. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]The meltdown about laundry hit home. We ask him to pick up a candy wrapper, or hand his coat, or anything considered simple and he throws himself on the floor and whines and yells why do I have to or screams I hate you or throws something. Like you charts and rewards and punishment have been tried with short or no success. Add in a easy child who is only 18 months younger who you are trying to teach things too but only feels like her brother gets away with everything so then you go easier on her and another cycle starts. I am sure all of this sounds familiar and I will keep you updated on what we learn if you do the same. I would start out with reading the Explosive child and trying things that work for your family.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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