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Hello everyone. I am looking for some perspective. The Difficult Child in question is that of my sadly former long-term partner. He has been diagnosed with ODD since very early childhood, and now at 12 years old (12!), he has full-blown Conduct Disorder. His symptoms in the last year read like a sad...

Well bio mom called us last night when SS was in the middle of another rage. She says she is going down to file unruly child charges against him this afternoon. Which she really needs to do because he is becoming so violent. He is totally out of control, and was delusional last night. Said he...

First post! Every forum has its own unwritten rules, so please be patient with me as I learn the ropes!! Thanks! Help! Hubby was the one who found this forum and suggested I join. My difficult child has been on Risperidone for a bit over a year. Her serious Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is nearly controlled, but she is still very...

Hi Ladies – I had another physical altercation with my son last night. He was being a jerk and laughing in my face so I tried to pull him out of the car and he slapped/hit me in the face. I thought for sure I was going to have a black eye today but I didn’t. Maybe it’s my fault for trying to...

I feel like ahuge weight has been lifted since finding this forum. I am married to awonderful man and we are raising our 7 children together. I have 3 from aprevious marriage and he has 4. We both have sole custody with no involvement ofthe other biological parents. The oldest2 are adults so we...

Halo, all I am not new to this forum, but I am new to Easy Child......I had posted often on the GP side :) We have been having more and more school issues with my little dude, who is 4 and a halve years old! Please could you give me a reality check on this situation! I posted before about little dude...

Hello I am new to this forum and so excited to finally find some support from people who have been in my shoes. I have a four year old little boy who I truly love with all my heart. He has always been a more challenging child, which I realize now that I have a two year old girl who has been so...

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a bit, but I'm a little flabbergasted and need your opinions. Our little guy is 3. He's been a real mover and shaker since he was in the womb. I'm the mom who never attended play dates because I knew I'd spend the whole time chasing after my son. His...

We'll see if anyone wants to do this. I'll start with my own list and see if it grows. I think young difficult child's share a lot of traits of adult difficult child's that we have in our lives too :/ 1. Extreme impulsivity, inability to think outside the present (I want it NOW, I'll do it or get it NOW). Risky...

Hello, I am curious if anyone has ever checked into lead exposure as an explanation for some of their children's behavioral issues? Many of the issues described in these forums could(?) be a side effect of lead poisoning. ADHD, anxiety disorders, aggressive tendencies, ODD, conduct disorder...

And here it is...our next adventure into the absurd... We are currently waiting for state caseworker to find an appropriate Behavioral Specialist to come to our home and set up a Behavioral Management Program for difficult child - with primary goal (among others) "difficult child will refrain from hurting family...

My wife & I adopted our son at 2 days old. He just turned 5 on 9/11/13, and is an only child. He was about 4 weeks premature, and tested positive for stimulant exposure, but showed zero signs of any effects from it at birth, and thereafter. He was the perfect infant: Slept through the night...

My 5 year old son was on day 2 of VBS. On day 1 his teacher said he was put in time out for pushing the other kids around. Today, with 15 minutes until it let out for the day, the director calls pleading with me to come inside, skip the pick up line and come get your child. I go inside...

First off I would like to say I stumbled across this forum, and it is very refreshing to read so many posts from others dealing with similar situations as mine, as lately I have felt completely alone. Please bare with me as I am new, and some of the lingo and abbreviations you all use is...

I also belong to a French forum for parents of children with ADHD. Whereas prescribing stimulants for ADHD (Ritalin and Concerta are the only stimulants available here) is generally very poorly viewed, with a lot of hostility to it, these parents largely seem enormously in favour of stimulants...

My son who is 10 and has been hospitalized twice in the last 6 months for mental health reasons. The Dr.s diagnosed his with ADHD, ODD, SI. He is physically violent when he gets angry. He sometimes doesn't even remember going into these "rages" that sometimes will go on for hours. After his...

I am new to this forum but very desperate for help...Ten days ago, we found out that our daughter who is 15 years old has been sexually molesting our next door neighbor who is 8. In the process of finding this out, we found out that there are at least two other younger girls, and about four...

My son is 4 (getting close to 5 now) and has ADHD. In July, we tried a Daytrana 10mg patch for 10 days. He did great for the first 7 days... although he wasn't sleeping well and would only eat a few bites for lunch. The problem is that he started to have a terrible crash about an hour after...

Hello. This is my first post here, and I come just seeking support. I hope I am posting on the right board. Anyway. My name is Michele. I'm 28 years old, and got married in June of last year. I have one son, Gavin, who is five, and shortly before I got married my husband gained custody of his...

I have a 6 year old who doesn't listen to me hardly at all. If I tell him no, he goes beserk and sometimes gets aggressive. Sometimes I just don't have the energy to deal with that honestly so sometimes I give in, even though I know that makes it worse. We've been to several different...