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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, OP, I really sympathize.  I sometimes think that the best way to do this parenting gig would be seriously stoned, because then I could just be like "Oh, it's cool, whatever" even when he loses his sh*t.  But of course that would lead to 14 thousand other problems, so that wouldn't work.

Mine is a year older and I really do think it's getting better.  Especially with SN boys, that frontal lobe develops slowly and the emotions override the rationality.  Is he in therapy?  He's getting to the point where he can learn some cognitive techniques to work through the frustration and inflexibility himself.

But we still have those episodes where people are staring at me like I'm the crazy abusive parent because my child is screaming bloody murder and I'm trying to restrain him  so that he doesn't hurt himself or run away.  The last time this happened (downtown on the mall), some elderly lady came up and asked me if I needed any help.  I was wondering if she thought I was abusive and that she'd read that this is the best way to avert an abusive situation.  I was thinking "Yes, elderly lady, you would be able to hold my 70 pound son while he screams, kicks and punches, so that he does not run away (for the third time this afternoon because he's mad at me about some dumb thing that I've forgotten) and end up in the tidal basin."  
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