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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
7 year old with impulsive behavior
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
7 year old with impulsive behavior
by EP, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By EP on January 21, 1999 at 10:17:44:
My 7 yo son, the youngest of 4 children, is a bright, charming, and compassionate child. At the same time, he has the most volatile hair-trigger temper I've ever seen. Anything will make him scream, especially if he believes he is being made fun of. This extends to school, and he is seeing a school counselor for anger management.
The school beleves he has strong signs of ADHD, and I'm working on getting his HMO doctor to follow through on this (without much luck BTW).
Recently my 21 y.o. daughter noticed some very personal items missing from her laundry. After some searching, it became obvious that the 7 yo had been, over a period of several days, taking and hiding her things. He was able to offer no reason for this. Is this just another sign of the impulse-control problems he has, related to the suspected ADHD? Or is this a more serious sign of some other problem, of some need he's not getting met? Seven seems young to be taking him to a therapist, but this behavior just seems really weird to me.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
My 7 yo son, the youngest of 4 children, is a bright, charming, and compassionate child. At the same time, he has the most volatile hair-trigger temper I've ever seen. Anything will make him scream, especially if he believes he is being made fun of. This extends to school, and he is seeing a school counselor for anger management.
The school beleves he has strong signs of ADHD, and I'm working on getting his HMO doctor to follow through on this (without much luck BTW).
Recently my 21 y.o. daughter noticed some very personal items missing from her laundry. After some searching, it became obvious that the 7 yo had been, over a period of several days, taking and hiding her things. He was able to offer no reason for this. Is this just another sign of the impulse-control problems he has, related to the suspected ADHD? Or is this a more serious sign of some other problem, of some need he's not getting met? Seven seems young to be taking him to a therapist, but this behavior just seems really weird to me.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
