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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 376784" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Hello, I commend your husband for working so hard to help difficult child. He thinks that your difficult child is just like him which is a bit unfair. </p><p>I know I suffered with medication as an alternative but I had to ask myself "what does my son need?" My job as his parent is to find </p><p>the best way to help him have a chance at a life. </p><p>When someone digs their heels into one way to help a difficult child you have to ask "who does it serve?". </p><p>This isn't about husband proving he is right or knows best but looking at the boy and helping him to find a way to succeed. </p><p></p><p>Now, having said that, if you do medications, you have to understand it will not cure difficult child. It, like behavioral modification and intervention are tools to help your son</p><p>find the self control for appropriate behavior. The best chance your son has to finding a way to learn appropriate behavior is all of the tools out there. Behavior modification, supportive educational tools or IEP, medications, therapy, physical exercise(sports or just keeping physically active), structured sleep and eating as well as family conversations or meetings(over the dinner table was our way) are all the tools that help difficult child grow the behaviors that you want to see in a child. </p><p></p><p>Don't give up. What you see now, isn't what you will see in the future. You will have some good days and you will see some dark days with medications or without. Just ask yourself "what does my son need?".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 376784, member: 3"] Hello, I commend your husband for working so hard to help difficult child. He thinks that your difficult child is just like him which is a bit unfair. I know I suffered with medication as an alternative but I had to ask myself "what does my son need?" My job as his parent is to find the best way to help him have a chance at a life. When someone digs their heels into one way to help a difficult child you have to ask "who does it serve?". This isn't about husband proving he is right or knows best but looking at the boy and helping him to find a way to succeed. Now, having said that, if you do medications, you have to understand it will not cure difficult child. It, like behavioral modification and intervention are tools to help your son find the self control for appropriate behavior. The best chance your son has to finding a way to learn appropriate behavior is all of the tools out there. Behavior modification, supportive educational tools or IEP, medications, therapy, physical exercise(sports or just keeping physically active), structured sleep and eating as well as family conversations or meetings(over the dinner table was our way) are all the tools that help difficult child grow the behaviors that you want to see in a child. Don't give up. What you see now, isn't what you will see in the future. You will have some good days and you will see some dark days with medications or without. Just ask yourself "what does my son need?". [/QUOTE]
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