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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 60110" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>I have to second Heather on picking your battles. You really need to read The Explosive Child (or re-read). It was very helpful to me in that it help me learn which battles to choose and when. You would never think that Duckie is a difficult child now unless you met her on a particularly bad day. It helped stop the fighting gridlock in our house and let husband and I get back to actually parenting her. Now keep in mind that she's a kid who has shadowy symptoms of AS and has a fairly strong family history of mood disorders and anxiety, but at 6.5 years old she is generally:</p><p>happy</p><p>polite</p><p>respectful</p><p>she does not badger me like her friends badger her parents</p><p>completes age appropriate chores daily</p><p>performs very well in school</p><p>participates in a variety of church and outside activities</p><p>still struggles with the finest points socially, but is making strides everyday</p><p>she has several friends</p><p></p><p>Now, this was no miracle and I'm no perfect parent. The key to this was figuring out what was wrong that so negatively impacted her behavior, getting an effective treatment plan, and learning how to best parent my child. Granted, we are exceedingly fortunate that Duckie's problems appear to stem directly from her pretty severe allergies. Believe me when I say that while the regimen we were on to treat her condition was not easy, I truly do not believe it was as difficult or nerve wracking as medication trials and intervention trials. Then when the underlying condition was being treated, I had to change. Traditional parenting just wasn't going to work! </p><p></p><p>Check out this link that SRL posted in the ECZ about adapting The Explosive Child for younger kids: <a href="http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/adapting-the-explosive-child-for-younger-children.864/" target="_blank">http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/adapting-the-explosive-child-for-younger-children.864/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 60110, member: 1722"] I have to second Heather on picking your battles. You really need to read The Explosive Child (or re-read). It was very helpful to me in that it help me learn which battles to choose and when. You would never think that Duckie is a difficult child now unless you met her on a particularly bad day. It helped stop the fighting gridlock in our house and let husband and I get back to actually parenting her. Now keep in mind that she's a kid who has shadowy symptoms of AS and has a fairly strong family history of mood disorders and anxiety, but at 6.5 years old she is generally: happy polite respectful she does not badger me like her friends badger her parents completes age appropriate chores daily performs very well in school participates in a variety of church and outside activities still struggles with the finest points socially, but is making strides everyday she has several friends Now, this was no miracle and I'm no perfect parent. The key to this was figuring out what was wrong that so negatively impacted her behavior, getting an effective treatment plan, and learning how to best parent my child. Granted, we are exceedingly fortunate that Duckie's problems appear to stem directly from her pretty severe allergies. Believe me when I say that while the regimen we were on to treat her condition was not easy, I truly do not believe it was as difficult or nerve wracking as medication trials and intervention trials. Then when the underlying condition was being treated, I had to change. Traditional parenting just wasn't going to work! Check out this link that SRL posted in the ECZ about adapting The Explosive Child for younger kids: [url]http://www.conductdisorders.com/community/threads/adapting-the-explosive-child-for-younger-children.864/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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