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[quote=Anonymous]OP, none of us can say if your kid is out of control. It might be worth having some help from a professional for him, but your husband really endangered your son, and that absolutely can’t happen again. I have a child with ADHD and we were looking at potential ODD diagnosis at a younger age and there was some scary hitting (I understand being hit by a 5 year old is not the same as a 10 year old, I am not saying it’s equivalent). Anyone one time I roughly tossed my child away from me and on the bed after a bite to the neck. I was beyond horrified and we instituted a policy no one puts hands in anyone for any reason. If a child is hitting or hurting everyone leaves. This was helpful to stop these situations from escalating on the kids end but also I just had to be sure I would never be rough with my child ever again. We later did parent training and learned that for kids like ours, that’s the recommendation. You can institute consequences and work on him making restitution later when he is calm. There should e a consequence for a child that age hitting a parent but it doesn’t have to be a time out. And your husband absolutely can’t model violence.

I hope your husband is as horrified as I was and open to professional help and makes some big changes. I would really minimize the amount of time he is alone with that child in particular for a while. [/quote]

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