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[quote=Anonymous]Can you work with him to get to the root of his motivation? It probably is not so much that he wants whatever the "thing" of the moment is, but it carries some other sort of importance for him. A reward for running an errand, something to look forward to for forcing himself out of his comfort zone? My kid has thrown huge tantrums over something that I know was not intrinsically important, but the act of having me buy it held greater meaning. I'm sure he can't easily articulate it but maybe with the therapist, you could get him thinking. Then you could address the problem before he goes somewhere with you. "I know you don't want to go to the grocery store with me but how about we agree ahead of time that you can pick an ice cream flavor when we get to that section?" And then no extras. Stick to the agreed plan.

This is what helped us - I know every kid is different. I feel your pain about feeling like you are in an abusive relationship. My only consolation is that my kid used to be abusive to everyone and know mostly holds it together with the rest of the world. So I'll call that progress. I also agree that puberty hormones are a bear and that boys often feel aggression and don't even know why.[/quote]

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