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<blockquote data-quote="wakeupcall" data-source="post: 259693" data-attributes="member: 2287"><p>Hi Cupcake</p><p></p><p>My difficult child is almost 14 and I've been on this site for years. It's invaluable....really!</p><p></p><p>My difficult child has suffered ODD since he was about 2 years old, when he started retaliating everything with throwing things at me.</p><p></p><p>First off....THE EXPLOSIVE CHLD may seem elementary, but the gist of the book is that with children like ours, a parent has to let some behaviors go. Behaviors that one would not tolerate from a normal child sometimes have to be put on the back burner. difficult child is very disrespectful, and if my other children had behaved that way grrrrrrrr, but everything canNOT be a battle. Safety is a must.....but past that, a parent has to decide what's worth fighting over. For instance, I'm a housekeeping perfectionist, difficult child is not. I will not tolerate him trashing my house, but his room is his room. I have to shut the door and not look. It runs again my grain, but battling hour after hour and day after day is not the way to live a life. No, other family members will not understand, and the neighbors will think you have no control, but YOU are trying to live a life with as little stress as possible for both of you.</p><p></p><p>Stick around! The members here are a wonderful resource!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wakeupcall, post: 259693, member: 2287"] Hi Cupcake My difficult child is almost 14 and I've been on this site for years. It's invaluable....really! My difficult child has suffered ODD since he was about 2 years old, when he started retaliating everything with throwing things at me. First off....THE EXPLOSIVE CHLD may seem elementary, but the gist of the book is that with children like ours, a parent has to let some behaviors go. Behaviors that one would not tolerate from a normal child sometimes have to be put on the back burner. difficult child is very disrespectful, and if my other children had behaved that way grrrrrrrr, but everything canNOT be a battle. Safety is a must.....but past that, a parent has to decide what's worth fighting over. For instance, I'm a housekeeping perfectionist, difficult child is not. I will not tolerate him trashing my house, but his room is his room. I have to shut the door and not look. It runs again my grain, but battling hour after hour and day after day is not the way to live a life. No, other family members will not understand, and the neighbors will think you have no control, but YOU are trying to live a life with as little stress as possible for both of you. Stick around! The members here are a wonderful resource! [/QUOTE]
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