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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]fwiw, our 6yo ds was having a lot of trouble too. horrific meltdowns and an explosive temper. a few things we have found: 1) avoid if possible by giving some choices and not yelling. turn it into a joke if possible, even though it's so hard. we went to a lecture about avoiding power struggles and the woman said that whenever stuff like this starts to happen, don't bite. just walk away. say somthing loving. ignore. whatever works for you. it's fine if he doesnt' eat his pancakes. just end it. that really helped us and did change his behavior a lot. 2) he has been EXHAUSTED this summer. camp is kicking his butt! recognizing that he's probably just tired and trying to figure out where he fits in the world (he's older and not our baby anymore, not cute like the 2yo, not grown up so doesn't always know how to handle stuff, etc...) so we did a lot of letting him veg out more, giving him a show or an activity that kept him busy rather than asking him to find something that he could handle that wouldn't make him lose his shit. Anyhow, he's pretty rigid too but definitely not SN as far as we can tell, so it might just be that everyone needs a deep breath. We were in a bad bad place with him and it's gotten so so much better through us being more patient, quieter, loving and silly. GL! [/quote] Thank you! We have a 5 year old DS with similar issues. I will try to implement some of your suggestions. So glad that this worked for you. Good job, Mom![/quote]
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