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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 169899" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Julie, I'm glad you found us. I had to chuckle at the Tasmanian Devil reference - We've been to Tasmania and seen the real thing, your mention of him licking faces - the real Tassie Devils bite each other's faces (which is how the face cancer that is wiping them out, gets passed on). But although they're not a lot like the Bugs Bunny one, they ARE incredibly destructive and have jaws that can bite through a bone as thick as your arm even though they're not much bigger than a large cat. One place we went to in Tasmania had geese - one landed in the Tassie Devil pen and never had a chance to take off again...</p><p></p><p>Back to your son - he needs help. YOU need help. I don't think it's ODD pure and simple, although I agree he is displaying a lot of those behaviours. We've found that you can get ODD-like behaviour with a number of possible underlying conditions. This can be turned around. The book you were recommended - "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene - is a good way of changing your direction and mind-set to find a better, and often easier, way.</p><p></p><p>Once you can get a better handle on what is going on in his head, and find a way to help him with this, you should see some improvement.</p><p></p><p>There are other options in so many areas. Many of us have already been down the roads you are going. And you don't need to justify yourself to us or prove to us that you're a good mother - we already know that. If you were not a good mother, you would never have bothered to find us!</p><p></p><p>Keep us posted on how you get on. We're here, the knowledge is here, the information is here.</p><p></p><p>I also strongly recommend you get your husband to read the posts here as well. It really can help you both get the SAME understanding of what to do and why. This really helps you both be consistent in your parenting, together. It's an added bonus, if you will.</p><p></p><p>Not all of us can do this, of course. Some of us here struggle on alone. We do what we can - not much option, really.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 169899, member: 1991"] Julie, I'm glad you found us. I had to chuckle at the Tasmanian Devil reference - We've been to Tasmania and seen the real thing, your mention of him licking faces - the real Tassie Devils bite each other's faces (which is how the face cancer that is wiping them out, gets passed on). But although they're not a lot like the Bugs Bunny one, they ARE incredibly destructive and have jaws that can bite through a bone as thick as your arm even though they're not much bigger than a large cat. One place we went to in Tasmania had geese - one landed in the Tassie Devil pen and never had a chance to take off again... Back to your son - he needs help. YOU need help. I don't think it's ODD pure and simple, although I agree he is displaying a lot of those behaviours. We've found that you can get ODD-like behaviour with a number of possible underlying conditions. This can be turned around. The book you were recommended - "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene - is a good way of changing your direction and mind-set to find a better, and often easier, way. Once you can get a better handle on what is going on in his head, and find a way to help him with this, you should see some improvement. There are other options in so many areas. Many of us have already been down the roads you are going. And you don't need to justify yourself to us or prove to us that you're a good mother - we already know that. If you were not a good mother, you would never have bothered to find us! Keep us posted on how you get on. We're here, the knowledge is here, the information is here. I also strongly recommend you get your husband to read the posts here as well. It really can help you both get the SAME understanding of what to do and why. This really helps you both be consistent in your parenting, together. It's an added bonus, if you will. Not all of us can do this, of course. Some of us here struggle on alone. We do what we can - not much option, really. Marg [/QUOTE]
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