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Do I force my difficult child to grow up?
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 54875" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>You can't force your child to grow up - you can gently provide the tools that will bring along some maturity, but removing his favorite toys could cause more regression.</p><p></p><p>I don't agree with his BD doctor at all. Many of the difficult children here are less mature than their chronological age. My son is your son's age and he too will be going into middle school. He is mature in some ways, and way immature in others. But I would never pull his favorite things from him as he is entering middle school as a way to force him to "grow up". That would probably increase his anxiety 10-fold. It's going to be a tough adjustment as it is.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the posters about the elastic band slacks. What about snaps? Target has boys jeans with snaps instead of buttons that may work?</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 54875, member: 805"] You can't force your child to grow up - you can gently provide the tools that will bring along some maturity, but removing his favorite toys could cause more regression. I don't agree with his BD doctor at all. Many of the difficult children here are less mature than their chronological age. My son is your son's age and he too will be going into middle school. He is mature in some ways, and way immature in others. But I would never pull his favorite things from him as he is entering middle school as a way to force him to "grow up". That would probably increase his anxiety 10-fold. It's going to be a tough adjustment as it is. I agree with the posters about the elastic band slacks. What about snaps? Target has boys jeans with snaps instead of buttons that may work? Sharon [/QUOTE]
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