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Hi. New. Parent of 5-year old who most likely has ODD
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 449074" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Ditto, ditto, ditto.</p><p></p><p>Drop the guilt. It's a wasted emotion and does nothing but sap your energy. You need to keep that energy up to be helpful to your son, yourself, and BioDad (you didn't mention if you are actually married - no difference to us either way, just pleased there is a good relationship because that is always paramount in working with difficult children.) You are not repeating what you see as your own mother's mistakes, so right there you ARE doing better for your child and giving your child the promise of a better an happier life.</p><p></p><p>I let out a loud snort when I read your first paragraph. The principal really has no right to even suggest a diagnosis let alone make one. Besides, like <strong>nvts</strong>, I truly feel that ODD is more of a symptom. If you read they symptom list of ODD (readily available on the internet) it can pretty much describe any child with 'issues' and in my opinion describes ALL teenagers. Of course ODD is more 'intense' and chronic. Early intervention counseling for both him and you is crucial. A full evaluation will be helpful to determine what is CAUSING the ODD behavior. I do think that ODD can exist all on it's own but seems that that is a VERY rare occurrence. Many parents get an ODD diagnosis for their kids only to find out (sometimes years later) that there was a cause for the behavior, and if approached differently, that ODD seems to just 'disappear'.</p><p></p><p>Don't despair, you've found us! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/notalone.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":notalone:" title="notalone :notalone:" data-shortname=":notalone:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 449074, member: 11965"] Ditto, ditto, ditto. Drop the guilt. It's a wasted emotion and does nothing but sap your energy. You need to keep that energy up to be helpful to your son, yourself, and BioDad (you didn't mention if you are actually married - no difference to us either way, just pleased there is a good relationship because that is always paramount in working with difficult children.) You are not repeating what you see as your own mother's mistakes, so right there you ARE doing better for your child and giving your child the promise of a better an happier life. I let out a loud snort when I read your first paragraph. The principal really has no right to even suggest a diagnosis let alone make one. Besides, like [B]nvts[/B], I truly feel that ODD is more of a symptom. If you read they symptom list of ODD (readily available on the internet) it can pretty much describe any child with 'issues' and in my opinion describes ALL teenagers. Of course ODD is more 'intense' and chronic. Early intervention counseling for both him and you is crucial. A full evaluation will be helpful to determine what is CAUSING the ODD behavior. I do think that ODD can exist all on it's own but seems that that is a VERY rare occurrence. Many parents get an ODD diagnosis for their kids only to find out (sometimes years later) that there was a cause for the behavior, and if approached differently, that ODD seems to just 'disappear'. Don't despair, you've found us! :notalone: [/QUOTE]
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