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What is this called? Constant need to interact with anyone or anything
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 330478" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Agee - my son was very much like this. The best phrase I could come up with- is that he found negative reinforcement/interactions terribly rewarding. More so than any positives we could offer. The only thing that ever really affected his need for negatives was something I learned here on the board - to interact with him in a totally neutral and calm matter, no matter what. No yelling (and I used to be a major screamer), no threats, nothing negative - just neutral all the way. He did get some positive interactions but I really had to wait for him to instigate them - a hug, or a cuddle, rarely a tangible physical reward because those inevitably provoked negative behaivors (go figure).</p><p> </p><p>It was very hard to master, being neutral with- him, but really it's probably the second most useful strategy I ever had in dealing with- him (#1 being consistency). To this day, I'm still having to use a neutral tone and body language with- my kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 330478, member: 8"] Agee - my son was very much like this. The best phrase I could come up with- is that he found negative reinforcement/interactions terribly rewarding. More so than any positives we could offer. The only thing that ever really affected his need for negatives was something I learned here on the board - to interact with him in a totally neutral and calm matter, no matter what. No yelling (and I used to be a major screamer), no threats, nothing negative - just neutral all the way. He did get some positive interactions but I really had to wait for him to instigate them - a hug, or a cuddle, rarely a tangible physical reward because those inevitably provoked negative behaivors (go figure). It was very hard to master, being neutral with- him, but really it's probably the second most useful strategy I ever had in dealing with- him (#1 being consistency). To this day, I'm still having to use a neutral tone and body language with- my kid. [/QUOTE]
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