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OUT OF CONTROL 15 y.o. with- ODD
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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 48528" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>I forgot something...you said he was born in jail and never bonded with his mother. That goes a long way in explaining his behavior. He has never bonded with anyone and isn't about to at his age now. I think probably the best that you can do at this point is to set down the rules and give him consequences. But in the end it may mean an alternative living arrangement.</p><p></p><p>Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s and therapeutic schools are filled with adopted children. I'm not suggesting that youshould go this route, just that many of these kids can no longer live at home because of their behavior.</p><p></p><p>Also someone suggesting reading the books Adopting the Hurt Child and Parenting the Hurt Child by Gregory Keck. Dr Keck runs an attachement therapy center and we actually took our difficult child there for treatment. It is controversial but obviously has worked for many. Attachment therapy is an option and you can look for one in your area if it is something you want to consider.</p><p></p><p>I too thought our difficult child should be so happy for the wonderful opportunities we have given her and realize what her life would have been like if she had not been adopted. Instead she has done everything in her power to push us all away. She has written in her blog on myspace that she loves fighting with her family because with every fight comes love??? I don't understand that kind of thinking at all. It is faulty thinking...thinking that is so far different from her sister's who was raised in the same house with the same horrible parents that raised her.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 48528, member: 59"] I forgot something...you said he was born in jail and never bonded with his mother. That goes a long way in explaining his behavior. He has never bonded with anyone and isn't about to at his age now. I think probably the best that you can do at this point is to set down the rules and give him consequences. But in the end it may mean an alternative living arrangement. Residential Treatment Center (RTC)'s and therapeutic schools are filled with adopted children. I'm not suggesting that youshould go this route, just that many of these kids can no longer live at home because of their behavior. Also someone suggesting reading the books Adopting the Hurt Child and Parenting the Hurt Child by Gregory Keck. Dr Keck runs an attachement therapy center and we actually took our difficult child there for treatment. It is controversial but obviously has worked for many. Attachment therapy is an option and you can look for one in your area if it is something you want to consider. I too thought our difficult child should be so happy for the wonderful opportunities we have given her and realize what her life would have been like if she had not been adopted. Instead she has done everything in her power to push us all away. She has written in her blog on myspace that she loves fighting with her family because with every fight comes love??? I don't understand that kind of thinking at all. It is faulty thinking...thinking that is so far different from her sister's who was raised in the same house with the same horrible parents that raised her. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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