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[quote=Anonymous]My youngest (9) argues about anything that they don't want to do, anything they did wrong and don't want to confess or believe that they are not wrong about, or about any time they don't get their way. When I say argue, its not a simple I don't agree with you. Its a full blown you are wrong, raised voice, hurt feelings that anyone could that he's wrong, etc. He really tries to sell whatever he's trying to convince you of, even if he's been caught multiples in a lie or with evidence of whatever food was stolen. It feels like everything is an argument. He could be in a room full of people all saying he's wrong and he will still argue his case for being right or how wrong we all are or how we wronged him at some other junction, so he feels that he's justified in doing whatever he did. I'm working to stop engaging him and de-escalating him. If it helps, he wasn't like this as a baby. We used to call him the happiest baby on the block. Some kind of "magic" switch flipped when he was around 2. Other than being constantly argumentative, he's a great kid. He's passionate about music, loving, funny, athletic, engaging, and charismatic.[/quote]

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