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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. You need to try harder to not lose your cool. I KNOW how difficult this is. I promise, I do. I have a child who I think was harder than yours. I'm naturally an anxious, hot-tempered, impulsive, loud person, and learning to stay calm in the midst of DD's storms was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. But I did it. If you want to know how I can get into that.

2. I would parent her as though she does have ADHD even though she doesn't have it. My oldest has ADHD (and she is on the spectrum and has anxiety) and getting really into parenting her as a neurodivergent kid was so helpful. Other parenting techniques don't work on her. [/quote]

Op - how did you learn to keep your cool? I sincerely try and for most of the time I do! It’s the big outbursts that cause the most problems.

I listen to podcasts about parenting (thanks to the pp who suggested the podcast. Just started it). I also talk with her therapist regularly to come up with ideas and strategies to help her. [/quote]

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