The Explosive Child
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Anonymous
| How did you resolve the situation? Thank you for any insight and HELPFUL information. |
Anonymous
| What is an "explosive" child? |
Anonymous
| Talk to professionals. Having said that: assume you've read the book - we found the explanations about triggers and working hard to remove them, as well as working with our child on recognizing those situations and taking a step back and breathing, immensely helpful. That, and time. Good luck, OP. Warm hugs from someone who lived it, too. |
Anonymous
OK. I looked at a brief description. A number of years ago we were told our son was "spiritied." Sounds like explosive fits into the same idea. Here's what we discovered through the help of professionals. He actually deals with an anxiety disorder and depression. Your son needs to be evaluated by a psychologist, and then you go from there. |
Anonymous
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Solution:
Consistent strong boundaries. I see most parents being fearful of their children. |
Anonymous
How/when do you think his condition began? Bad genes? |
Anonymous
Not OP, BTW. This is OP. I am trying to make this a positive and productive discussion, which is why I used a term known within the particular community. |
Anonymous
OP, what are boundaries looking like? |
Anonymous
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You should post in Special Needs. You will keep getting annoying responses here.
There's a book about Explosive children that is very good. How old is your child? Our child was like this when younger and we started therapy. Now he is 10 and not at all like this. He does have significant anxiety and is still in therapy and on anti-anxiety meds. |
Anonymous
| Our anxious/depressed child also can be explosive. Psychotherapy with Zoloft are helping. |
Anonymous
| Reduce demands and stress. Our 13 y.o. is doing better but still explosive at times. Less strict rather than more strict worked better for us. Teach him to use understanding when evaluating situations where he feels "wronged." Need to teach other person's perspective. Michelle Garcia-Winner's Social Thinking books are good for this. Think long term how to teach better emotional self-regulation, problem-solving. A good cognitive-behavioral therapist can help. Use rewards, not punishment, to encourage better self-control and lots of praise and love and support. |
Anonymous
| I second the Special Needs forum as a good place for ideas. |
Anonymous
At what age did you do Zoloft? |
Anonymous
| Smart kids quickly learn that having an explosion has power. If you leave him by himself, what will happen, OP? |
Anonymous
OP, I assume you've read Ross Greene's book if you're using the term? What kind of insight are you looking for? |