DEFIANT 6YR OLD

[HELPMECOPEPLEASE]

THE LAST 18MONTHS HAV BEEN HELL,MY DAUGHTERS BEHAVIOR HAS SPIRALD OUT OV CONTROL.SHE SHOUTS AT ME DEMANDS I DO THINGS 4 HER,SHES GOT AN ANSWER 4 EVERYTHINK,PLUS SHES INCREDIBLY LAZY,I TEND 2 BLAME MYSELF AS WEVE GOT NO FAMILY,ITS JUST ME AND HER,I CANT TAKE THIS BEHAVOUR ANYMORE I FEEL LIK,E IM LOOSING MY MIND.SHES HAD ISSUES AT SCHOOL BUT CALMD DOWN EVENTUALY,THE SUMMER HOLS DOESNT HELP WEVE BEEN IN EACH OTHERS COMPANY 4 A SOLID 4WKS NOW AND I NEED HELP PLEEEEEASE.THANKS,                                                                                                                                                            VERY TIRED MUM.  

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

You should seek help for both yourself and your daughter. You are reacting to her behavior in an emotional way, and that will only serve to worsen the situation. Sound behavior management requires that parents maintain a sense of equanimity. We become upset when our children lose emotional control, and yet we ourselves do the same thing far too often. We're adults - there's really no excuse for it, even when we try to justify our upset as a reasonable response to our children's misbehavior. Seek some counseling and you'll welcome the support. Parenting can be a lonely job if you don't have personal supports for yourself.

[dmilbrodt]

I HAVE A 7 YR OLD SON WHO HAS HAD A SEIZER DISORDER FOR 6 YRS NOW AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THEN, JUST LAST NIGHT MY SON  HAD A  SEIZER AND  HE WALKED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE WITH OUT KINOWING WHAT HE WAS DOING , THE BAD  THING WAS  I WAS CLEANING UP AFTER MY DOUGHTER  B DAY PEARTY ; AND RELIZED HE WAS GONE,  I FOUND HIM WILKING DOWN THE ROAD AND HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW IT WAS ME, IF ANY ONE KINOW  AND HAS A CHILD WHO HAS SEIZERS  ,  AND YOU MAY HAVE THE SAME  TYPE PLEASE LET ME KNOW,  THERE ARE TIMES HE HAS GRAD-MA AND OTHER HE STAIRS, PLEASE HELP ME, I  HAVE GIVEN UP ON DOCTORS, NO BODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHY HE  IS  HAVEING SEIZERS,  AND AT TIMES HE WILL JUST GET  SO MEAN AFTER ONE. THANK YOU DEB
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