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<blockquote data-quote="Running_for_the_shelter" data-source="post: 57264" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>Welcome! You found a great group of folks here. When my son was busy getting himself kicked out of pre-schools, it was wonderful to visit here and "talk" to folks that live my life. Most people are know think it's a disaster if their cub comes home with a note; we got calls on a regular basis to come pick him up. </p><p></p><p>I read a lot of stuff, but "The Explosive Child" was the best resource. There are some great posts on here about applying the principles to younger children, too, and I'd check those out if I were you. [The Early Childhood Zone has them, I believe.] That book helped my husband deal with our son better.</p><p></p><p>My son is lot like me, so I understand why he does what he does, but it's still infuriating. I can get him to do what I want better than most people (still not saying a lot) because I know what's going to set him off. The Lamictal helped him so much, I can hardly describe it. Before it (and we tried a number of other drugs first), I wouldn't have had a chance. All of my experience and knowledge couldn't compete with the firestorm in his brain.</p><p></p><p>Not sure what your cub is doing to "destroy you emotionally" such as on your way to daycare, but I'm sure you'll be able to get a lot of good tips here. I have lots of little "mantras" I say to myself so I don't engage in whatever emotional whirlpool is going on at the time. Mostly, I tell myself repeatedly, He didn't choose to be like this, when he's really infuriating. I mean, who'd pick such rotten brain chemistry if they had a choice? My son used to lose his temper and go into a I-hate-you-I'm-going-to-kill-you speech, so I'd tell myself that it was just him relieving internal pressure and it didn't really have anything to do with me, no matter how it sounded. I have no idea if this is the sort of thing you're dealing with; I haven't been on the site as much as I'd like these days.</p><p></p><p>Anyway. hang in there. You found a good place. Take care and much love...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running_for_the_shelter, post: 57264, member: 2960"] Welcome! You found a great group of folks here. When my son was busy getting himself kicked out of pre-schools, it was wonderful to visit here and "talk" to folks that live my life. Most people are know think it's a disaster if their cub comes home with a note; we got calls on a regular basis to come pick him up. I read a lot of stuff, but "The Explosive Child" was the best resource. There are some great posts on here about applying the principles to younger children, too, and I'd check those out if I were you. [The Early Childhood Zone has them, I believe.] That book helped my husband deal with our son better. My son is lot like me, so I understand why he does what he does, but it's still infuriating. I can get him to do what I want better than most people (still not saying a lot) because I know what's going to set him off. The Lamictal helped him so much, I can hardly describe it. Before it (and we tried a number of other drugs first), I wouldn't have had a chance. All of my experience and knowledge couldn't compete with the firestorm in his brain. Not sure what your cub is doing to "destroy you emotionally" such as on your way to daycare, but I'm sure you'll be able to get a lot of good tips here. I have lots of little "mantras" I say to myself so I don't engage in whatever emotional whirlpool is going on at the time. Mostly, I tell myself repeatedly, He didn't choose to be like this, when he's really infuriating. I mean, who'd pick such rotten brain chemistry if they had a choice? My son used to lose his temper and go into a I-hate-you-I'm-going-to-kill-you speech, so I'd tell myself that it was just him relieving internal pressure and it didn't really have anything to do with me, no matter how it sounded. I have no idea if this is the sort of thing you're dealing with; I haven't been on the site as much as I'd like these days. Anyway. hang in there. You found a good place. Take care and much love... [/QUOTE]
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