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Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Personal opinion from a mom who is studying child psychology and child development. Take him to a therapist before you do meds, art therapy is wonderful for ...
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- Regardless of what you do medically, take your son to a counselor, psychologist, or therapist. He needs help beyond just medicines. My son, usually a very sweet boy,...
- Personal opinion from a mom who is studying child psychology and child development. Take him to a therapist before you do meds, art therapy is wonderful for this p...
- Ask the doctor about Stratera, I spelled that wrong, this is the problem you are having, all adhd meds are stimulants, but they work differently with kids, stratera is...
Almost 3 Year Old Testing Limits.
It's like he is doing reverse psychology on me. What do I do in this situation? ... There is too much to write about here...but child development ...
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- My daughter will be 3 in August and she's doing the exact same thing. I follow through. She'll say "I want to go to timeout," so instead of waiting for her to do the t...
- I have a 10 year old, 7 year old, 2 year old and 10 month old and my experience is that 3 is definately the hardest age! Too young to really understand consequences b...
- Have you ever followed through on your threats? Take the toy, dont go to the park, put him in time out. He is checking to see if you mean what you say. My son did t...
Controlling Candy Intake
Trying reverse psychology. Going by the thought that if it is no longer forbidden ..... Please DO NOT give your child gobstoppers, or fireballs or any other ...
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- Gobstopper alert. Please DO NOT give your child gobstoppers, or fireballs or any other small round candy. It poses a HUGEHUGEHUGE choking hazzard. About 2years ago w...
- We have a candy drawer in our house. My kids can reach it. If they want candy and ask permission then they are allowed to have a piece or two; depending on the time of...
- For us, sweets are not forbidden but are a treat that we must go out for. Because I too can't resist sweets, I don't keep candy, cookies, ice cream etc. in the house (...
Help!
Effectively ignoring your child as a parenting strategy means sorting out the ..... Rona Novick PhD coordinator of child psychology at Schneider Children's ...
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- I am the mother of an 11 year old with ADHD and Boplar Disorder. You're son sounds a lot like my son. It doesn't hurt anything to talk to your pediatrician about a r...
- I have a older son who is 9 and he has been to many of doc's and they don't diagnose bi-polar that young, adhd my son has been diagnosed since 4 belive it or not...i ...
- My daughter does the same thing to me and my husband so not sure what to tell you just try to hang in there they are jusy testing their limits. If you get the right a...
5 1/2 Yr Old with a MAJOR Attitude - Pls Help
If we're "flashing credentials", I am a child psychologist and have lost track of the letters after my name at this point, but my training is in behavior ...
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- Here's the deal... positive reinforcement is wonderful to increase the frequency of desired behaviors (hence, the reinforcement). This is NOT the same as ignoring bad...
- Hey S., Well I don't have a masters but my eldest is 13, plus i have a 3 and 4 year old. What I find works, is NOT to engage her when she is being fresh. Simp...
- Wow - what great advice you got from Cristina. I do agree with the positive reinforcement - Remember not to get to complicated - make it something you are going to do...
Out of Control 3 Year Old
All of these books are based on early childhood development research and child psychology research and they suggest that the traditional discipline approach ...
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- 1-2-3 Magic is a good book. It takes some practice using the method, but it is effective (you can master it within a couple of days to a week). Your reward chart is...
- Hi A., I would say getting your son's father on board with the same diciplining tecniques as you are doing is key. Boys respond well to structure, even though they...
- I would suggest the following books: Smart love by martha heineman pieper and william pieper, unconditional parenting by alfie kohn and how to talk to your child so th...
Bi-Polar Disorder
If you are interested in therapy ask your son's doctor for a referral to a child psychologist or behavioral specialist or "wrap around" program. ...
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- I'm sorry for what you are going through. You don't mention if you son takes medication or if he is receiving any kind of counseling. Those interventions could help....
- Wow where to begin I honestly am flabbergasted I never knew kids younger than 17 could be diagnosed with bi-polar?
- Hi Jen I have a son who has PDD which is autism spectrum disorder. I personally don't have experience with bipolar issues with my son but I do have friends who's kid ...
5 Month Old Won't Sleep Through the Night
In fact my 23 year old daughter in school now getting her masters in Oregon in child psychology actually used this book and this knowledge with over 15 ...
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- Hi T., Have you tried giving your baby a pacifier? Our 8 month old girl uses it to soothe herself to sleep every night. Something else we use to help her sleep is t...
- I haven't had this problem but my sister did. She gave her daughter a bottle of warm water whenever she would wake up at night. She would cry a bit, but after just a f...
- I rotated my breast feeding nightgowns so that the oldest and smelliest went into the crib before it was washed. Felt like Mom, smelled like Mom and milk.
Seeking Words of Wisdom on Transitioning Co-Sleeping Baby to Their Own Bed
... learned about co-sleeping (in my Evolutionary Psychology class in college), ... For us, we just went according to our child's needs, and sleep styles. ...
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- L., I am a lot like you, psych in college, Dr. Sears etc. Long story short, transitioning to their own bed seems to be very individualized. We have 2 boys (3 & 4), who...
- We loved co-sleeping with our kids too. Once we decided to move them to their own bed (around six months), we always started the night with them in their own crib. I...
- I slept with my son for 3 months.. I JUST put him in his crib last week. Put a nightlight in his room and soft music. He is doing great. Goes to bed at about 9 and ...
Forgets Homework
This is from the book: First, every child wants to suceed and win your .... My son is graduating this year from college with a degree in psychology! ...
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- Hi L.! My son is in fourth grade, and never had this problem until this year! He is in the gifted ed program at school, and quite simply, he thinks homework is benea...
- I haven't read through the other responses, so sorry if this is a repeat, but have you tried making sure her backpack is packed and ready for the next morning each night?
- L., Is this the only thing she forgets? You might want to have her screened for ADD. S.
