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Dealing with Truancy...an 8 yr old
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<blockquote data-quote="SueC" data-source="post: 26574" data-attributes="member: 3548"><p>Hi I am brand new to this and just found the sight a few days ago , so please bare with me</p><p> I have been there done that this year with my then 8 now 9 year old son. Every day a battle before school, same thing the yelling, screaming, crying refusal to go to school. difficult child even tried jumping out o the car window as we were backing out of the drive way. He is in the 3rd grade and had never before acted out to this extreme. Looking back we had ODD symptoms for quite sometime and just "adjusted" our lives accordingly. But now...there was no adjusting. It was affecting everyone in the family to the point that his 2 sisters and my husband and I could not function normally. difficult child had over time gained control over the entire family with his behavior. It was not untill the school refusal thing started that we seeked out help. difficult child was now threatning suicide and this could no longer continue. He was put on Zoloft for anxiety, which was something my husband DID NOT want. difficult child is very bright and otherwise a very caring sensitive kid who would never hurt anyone. But ANXIETY took over all of our lives and I truely do not believe that we could NOT have done it without the medications. We still are dealing with the ODD and we are as a family working through that. But his anxiety was more than anyone should have to handle, he is so much happier on medications. I hope this helps....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SueC, post: 26574, member: 3548"] Hi I am brand new to this and just found the sight a few days ago , so please bare with me I have been there done that this year with my then 8 now 9 year old son. Every day a battle before school, same thing the yelling, screaming, crying refusal to go to school. difficult child even tried jumping out o the car window as we were backing out of the drive way. He is in the 3rd grade and had never before acted out to this extreme. Looking back we had ODD symptoms for quite sometime and just "adjusted" our lives accordingly. But now...there was no adjusting. It was affecting everyone in the family to the point that his 2 sisters and my husband and I could not function normally. difficult child had over time gained control over the entire family with his behavior. It was not untill the school refusal thing started that we seeked out help. difficult child was now threatning suicide and this could no longer continue. He was put on Zoloft for anxiety, which was something my husband DID NOT want. difficult child is very bright and otherwise a very caring sensitive kid who would never hurt anyone. But ANXIETY took over all of our lives and I truely do not believe that we could NOT have done it without the medications. We still are dealing with the ODD and we are as a family working through that. But his anxiety was more than anyone should have to handle, he is so much happier on medications. I hope this helps.... [/QUOTE]
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