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destructive 3 year old????

my sister and i live together she has 3 children and i have 1.they have been living with me for 5 months and we are going to move to a different city soon but before all of us can make plans to do so i need your help with her 3 year old.he isnt angery.he isnt slow.he isnt depressed.he is just out of control and i dont know if its because my sister is going though a divorce and its making his actions worse?hes always been destructive since he was able to walk.his intentions are incent,but he actions are uncontrolable?also my son didnt have any major issues that a 5 yearold should have but now that her son has been around my son is picking up the 3 years old actions?and all of this is wearing everybody out.HELP ME keep my sanity....
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It would involve too much speculation to comment on what might be generating your nephew's behavior. It would be wise to arrange an evaluation by a pediatric behavioral health clinician, and part of the evaluation will be a consideration of the overall family situation. From a behavior management perspective, you can gain some helpful guidance by taking a look at Lynn Clark's book SOS Help for Parents. You and your sister will find it to be a reliable guide for managing common childhood behavior issues, not only with the three-year-old, but with all the children.
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273379 tn?1213041086
I have a 4 year old nephew who sounds the exact same only difference is his parents split when he was a baby, although he still see's his dad.

I agree with the comment above i think the divorce has a lot to do with the tantrums.  Kids pick up on emotions from their parents really quickly and they tend to play the parents off each other which will make things even worse if they don't come to some sort of agreement.

Stick in there it might sound extreme at the moment but with some quality time and patience with the boy things will slowly begin to turnaround.
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i think that the divorce maybe affecting her daughter emotionally because of the negative vibrations surrounding her.

i mean i may be wrong. but iam quite spiritual and i do believe that because children at that age are still developing we should be more positive around them so as to send POSITIVE vibrations to them instead of negative. although your sister may not know that this is happening.

i dont know what else to say as iam only 16 myself & looking to become a child pyschologist. so if you do have any queries on this topid please do not hesitate to contact me at my email chanz--***@****.

hope this has helped.
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