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Thanks so much for the examples.  Dh and I have been practicing validation to improve our communication, but it makes so much sense to extend that onto the kids.  I have one tween that is extremely oppositional.  Life with him can be so hard.  I'm going to start practicing this with him.

I've always thought that he has some level of anxiety that must be causing all of his outbursts, but in the neuropysch testing we did a few years ago they said they didn't see it.  He is also a really extroverted kid and doesn't show sad emotions much at all either.  Never has actually.

Anyway, thanks for the examples too, they really help![/quote]

OP here, if you come back, I would like to know more about your extrovert - DS doesn't show lots of sad emotions, is usually quite happy but has that teen anger now he's well into puberty. The self-harm just seems so unlike him. I didn't even realize boys did this sort of thing. We have discovered he feels huge pressure from adults/teachers who expect him to be as mature as he sounds/acts/looks but he is really just 13. He indicates he's had trouble managing their expectations plus some of them (teachers etc) sound just plain mean.  [/quote]

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