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<blockquote data-quote="sbristow" data-source="post: 260742" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>Thank-you for the replies. Here is a little more information. Our home has always had a schedule because it was something that worked well for her since birth. There is no history of mental illness, anxiety, or substance abuse problems in either of our families. As far as development goes, she has always been ahead of the curve - crawling at 6 months, walking at 9 months, speech was on a normal time frame, but was reading at age 4 and now reads on a high 2nd/low 3rd grade level. She has no sensitivity issues, no weird quirks, or obsessions. She does well in large groups. The two things that stick out at me are when she was little, she was not a baby that you could just "hand off." We called it her "approval" process. She would study everyone very intently before allowing them to hold her. However, she seems to have grown out of that as far as we can tell and is very out going. According to her kindergarten teacher, she is probably the most popular girl in her class. The other thing is that she does get frustrated at us if she thinks we don't understand her.</p><p> </p><p>As far as "big girl" activities goes - she has lots of opportunities. She is allowed to help cook when appropriate, she rides a bike with-out training wheels, we have tons of books, and an entire playroom that looks like a Toys R Us store (the upside/downside to being an only child/grandchild for so long). She has an amazing imagination - she plays with her baby dolls, dollhouse, loves to build things with her TinkerToys and Legos, and loves to draw and make crafts (she has a fully stocked art desk available for these activities). Also, her teacher gives her more advanced schoolwork and homework to keep her challenged.</p><p> </p><p>The psychiatrist's conclusion was that she was very bright and simply wanted her way. And, yes, she is very good at manipulating. The one thing the psychiatrist wanted us to work on was not "explaining" as much. We definitely did that. So, we have made a point not to.</p><p> </p><p>I hope that helps. It seems it is the basic problem of not getting her way, but the reaction (just to us and no other authority figure) is so extreme that makes us wonder if she has ODD or something else.</p><p> </p><p>Again, thank-you for reading and responding. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbristow, post: 260742, member: 7157"] Thank-you for the replies. Here is a little more information. Our home has always had a schedule because it was something that worked well for her since birth. There is no history of mental illness, anxiety, or substance abuse problems in either of our families. As far as development goes, she has always been ahead of the curve - crawling at 6 months, walking at 9 months, speech was on a normal time frame, but was reading at age 4 and now reads on a high 2nd/low 3rd grade level. She has no sensitivity issues, no weird quirks, or obsessions. She does well in large groups. The two things that stick out at me are when she was little, she was not a baby that you could just "hand off." We called it her "approval" process. She would study everyone very intently before allowing them to hold her. However, she seems to have grown out of that as far as we can tell and is very out going. According to her kindergarten teacher, she is probably the most popular girl in her class. The other thing is that she does get frustrated at us if she thinks we don't understand her. As far as "big girl" activities goes - she has lots of opportunities. She is allowed to help cook when appropriate, she rides a bike with-out training wheels, we have tons of books, and an entire playroom that looks like a Toys R Us store (the upside/downside to being an only child/grandchild for so long). She has an amazing imagination - she plays with her baby dolls, dollhouse, loves to build things with her TinkerToys and Legos, and loves to draw and make crafts (she has a fully stocked art desk available for these activities). Also, her teacher gives her more advanced schoolwork and homework to keep her challenged. The psychiatrist's conclusion was that she was very bright and simply wanted her way. And, yes, she is very good at manipulating. The one thing the psychiatrist wanted us to work on was not "explaining" as much. We definitely did that. So, we have made a point not to. I hope that helps. It seems it is the basic problem of not getting her way, but the reaction (just to us and no other authority figure) is so extreme that makes us wonder if she has ODD or something else. Again, thank-you for reading and responding. Any help is greatly appreciated!!! [/QUOTE]
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