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My difficult child jumped out of a moving car
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 220703" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Yep-- my son tried jumping out of the car several times when he first became a difficult child- along with doing some other pretty erratic stuff around the same time period. At first, I thought it was manipualtive and/or tantrum sort of behavior. Then, I decidded that since he was plenty old enough to realize how dangerous this was, it was irrational behavior, even if he <em>thought</em> he was just doing it to manipualte me.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight, I'm gglad I saw all the erratic things adding up since almost all of them were things that could have resulted in his death. The other ones were illegal. He still has periods of erratic behavior- last year he was walking around on the roof.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, this doesn't mean that all kids who do ONE of these things is bipolar, but if there are several things going on that seem out of the normal realm of things for a kid that age, it is worth having it evaluation'd by an appropriate professional as soon as possible, whether it turns out to be bipolar or something else behind it. Especially when there is a risk of it really being a suicidal gesture, since gestures so easily lead to attempts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 220703, member: 3699"] Yep-- my son tried jumping out of the car several times when he first became a difficult child- along with doing some other pretty erratic stuff around the same time period. At first, I thought it was manipualtive and/or tantrum sort of behavior. Then, I decidded that since he was plenty old enough to realize how dangerous this was, it was irrational behavior, even if he [I]thought[/I] he was just doing it to manipualte me. In hindsight, I'm gglad I saw all the erratic things adding up since almost all of them were things that could have resulted in his death. The other ones were illegal. He still has periods of erratic behavior- last year he was walking around on the roof. Obviously, this doesn't mean that all kids who do ONE of these things is bipolar, but if there are several things going on that seem out of the normal realm of things for a kid that age, it is worth having it evaluation'd by an appropriate professional as soon as possible, whether it turns out to be bipolar or something else behind it. Especially when there is a risk of it really being a suicidal gesture, since gestures so easily lead to attempts. [/QUOTE]
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