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<blockquote data-quote="Linda0213" data-source="post: 255051" data-attributes="member: 7017"><p>Thanks to everyone who shared their experiences and suggestions. I have, in fact, read The Explosive Child and found it somewhat helpful... but frankly didn't seem sustainable for us. We've also discovered that incentives (like stickers, treats, etc) make zero impression of our difficult child, *and* punishments (like losing TV privileges) are much the same.</p><p> </p><p>We have an appointment with a child psychiatrist in a few weeks and I'm also consulting my own psychologist - who is a specialist in child development. The best advice I've received so far is the one about NEVER losing my cool, since this does seem to be what our difficult child thrives on. </p><p> </p><p>One other note: we are in contact with the adoptive parents of one of her other full siblings, and they've shared that this blood brother has even more challenging issues. We suspect that their birth mother has several undiagnosed mental disorders in addition to drug addiction, so it's possible we're just slogging through the quicksand to keep our kids above the danger zone.</p><p> </p><p>[ Part of my emotional exhaustion is dealing with our difficult child *and* my partner's bipolar condition at the same time. ]</p><p> </p><p>THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO SHARED!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linda0213, post: 255051, member: 7017"] Thanks to everyone who shared their experiences and suggestions. I have, in fact, read The Explosive Child and found it somewhat helpful... but frankly didn't seem sustainable for us. We've also discovered that incentives (like stickers, treats, etc) make zero impression of our difficult child, *and* punishments (like losing TV privileges) are much the same. We have an appointment with a child psychiatrist in a few weeks and I'm also consulting my own psychologist - who is a specialist in child development. The best advice I've received so far is the one about NEVER losing my cool, since this does seem to be what our difficult child thrives on. One other note: we are in contact with the adoptive parents of one of her other full siblings, and they've shared that this blood brother has even more challenging issues. We suspect that their birth mother has several undiagnosed mental disorders in addition to drug addiction, so it's possible we're just slogging through the quicksand to keep our kids above the danger zone. [ Part of my emotional exhaustion is dealing with our difficult child *and* my partner's bipolar condition at the same time. ] THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO SHARED! [/QUOTE]
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