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[quote=Anonymous]OP, why are you medicalizing bad behavior?  Not everything a child does is caused by a "condition."  You have a responsibility to parent your child.  To discipline.

Obnoxious behavior in a child is obnoxious behavior.  Tell him no.  Set limits. Many children act this way at this age.  They are testing limits.  It's not caused by a medical condition.    Children are egocentric.  They don't naturally think of others.  They don't naturally think of the needy or donating toys.  They are naturally impulsive and can be very destructive and rather selfish.  They want what they want.  When they want it.

A lot of this is normal behavior, or normal obnoxious behavior.  This is not a syndrome or a condition.  Stop medicalizing and start parenting.

If you want your child to be charitable, model charity.  Why do you serve your child his food at the age of eight?  He's not two years old.  Why do you dry him off?  He's old enough to shower completely independently.  You treat your child as if he's much younger -- and then you are shocked when he behaves as if he's much younger.[/quote]

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