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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 409142" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Hello. Your son sounds very similar to mine... No-one has "diagnosed" ODD for him but I am sure in my mind that this is the kind of behaviour he displays. He is not cruel or vindictive and it is generally possible to get him to comply and co-operate, using methods other than just issuing a command.... At the same time he can have quite violent rages typical of a 2 year old (he has just turned 4), maybe a couple of times a week... I don't particularly want a label stuck on him but it is helpful for me, I feel, to understand that I cannot deal with him like a completely "normal" child. It is also freeing for me, if difficult, to let go of that expectation and just allow him to be different from the norm. My son is very emotionally sensitive - is yours? He can almost always be turned round from exploding by a loving, kindly approach... sometimes I am not up to it, and sometimes I feel it may not be useful for him to be treated with kid gloves all the time... I never give in to what he wants just because he wants it but I also fear the out of control tantrums. He is definitely "contradictory" a lot of the time - he seems to feel threatened by having things, even others' opinions and statements, "opposed" on him...</p><p>One thing I do wonder about is whether these children do better in a highly structured school environment (where my son presently is and thriving, given his difficulties) or an alternative one...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 409142, member: 11227"] Hello. Your son sounds very similar to mine... No-one has "diagnosed" ODD for him but I am sure in my mind that this is the kind of behaviour he displays. He is not cruel or vindictive and it is generally possible to get him to comply and co-operate, using methods other than just issuing a command.... At the same time he can have quite violent rages typical of a 2 year old (he has just turned 4), maybe a couple of times a week... I don't particularly want a label stuck on him but it is helpful for me, I feel, to understand that I cannot deal with him like a completely "normal" child. It is also freeing for me, if difficult, to let go of that expectation and just allow him to be different from the norm. My son is very emotionally sensitive - is yours? He can almost always be turned round from exploding by a loving, kindly approach... sometimes I am not up to it, and sometimes I feel it may not be useful for him to be treated with kid gloves all the time... I never give in to what he wants just because he wants it but I also fear the out of control tantrums. He is definitely "contradictory" a lot of the time - he seems to feel threatened by having things, even others' opinions and statements, "opposed" on him... One thing I do wonder about is whether these children do better in a highly structured school environment (where my son presently is and thriving, given his difficulties) or an alternative one... [/QUOTE]
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