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Take of ODD which I kind of like
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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 609929" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>SuZir, that is extremely interesting. I have printed out what you wrote so that I can read it slowly later. Throughout the years I have been here on the board, people have always said that ODD doesn't come on its own and is always there together with some other disorder. And I always thought to myself, "My difficult child hasn't got any other disorder, just really horrible ODD." The truth is that his encompresis lasted from age four and a half to thirteen and a half, and I suppose that was the complication that exacerbated his problems with all environments (school, home, etc.) and brought about the ODD.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm thinking about it. I often wonder about my difficult child and his life, and how it seems now as if it is sorting itself -- although who knows? But what you wrote has put things a little bit into better perspective than I had before.</p><p></p><p>He was very very lost in his early teens. Spent a year or two just hanging around in town and not going to school. And then his older brother (just two years older, with ADHD but not really behavior problems, just difficulty in concentrating in class or in any form of study) who had gone to boarding school and had found that the staff there really related to the pupils with understanding and love, persuaded difficult child (and us) that the place would suit difficult child. And he was right. It's a long story, but it suited difficult child and he stayed there three full years through twelfth grade which in itself was a tremendous achievement.</p><p></p><p>We have been so very lucky -- he became an adult without a police record, and not addicted to drugs. Slowly slowly he is managing to live a decent life, and independently (he's on the other side of the world now, in Australia, his choice). We do not send him money or support him in any way (except that we are in constant contact by phone and occasionally Skype). It seems to me that you are correct about environment and positive and negative expectations.</p><p></p><p>Very interesting. Thanks.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 609929, member: 77"] SuZir, that is extremely interesting. I have printed out what you wrote so that I can read it slowly later. Throughout the years I have been here on the board, people have always said that ODD doesn't come on its own and is always there together with some other disorder. And I always thought to myself, "My difficult child hasn't got any other disorder, just really horrible ODD." The truth is that his encompresis lasted from age four and a half to thirteen and a half, and I suppose that was the complication that exacerbated his problems with all environments (school, home, etc.) and brought about the ODD. Anyway, I'm thinking about it. I often wonder about my difficult child and his life, and how it seems now as if it is sorting itself -- although who knows? But what you wrote has put things a little bit into better perspective than I had before. He was very very lost in his early teens. Spent a year or two just hanging around in town and not going to school. And then his older brother (just two years older, with ADHD but not really behavior problems, just difficulty in concentrating in class or in any form of study) who had gone to boarding school and had found that the staff there really related to the pupils with understanding and love, persuaded difficult child (and us) that the place would suit difficult child. And he was right. It's a long story, but it suited difficult child and he stayed there three full years through twelfth grade which in itself was a tremendous achievement. We have been so very lucky -- he became an adult without a police record, and not addicted to drugs. Slowly slowly he is managing to live a decent life, and independently (he's on the other side of the world now, in Australia, his choice). We do not send him money or support him in any way (except that we are in constant contact by phone and occasionally Skype). It seems to me that you are correct about environment and positive and negative expectations. Very interesting. Thanks. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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