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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I have two kids who have struggled with this in different ways. One also had behavioral issues at school (not physical thank goodness) but the other was an angel at school and would fall apart and behave terribly for me. The oldest has ADHD and we did parent management training with Alvlord Baker. It was $$$ but honestly worked wonders for our family.

In a nutshell, you reward positive behavior, ignore most negative behaviors but certain levels of behavior like physical aggression get an immediate consequence. I found this to be a really clear way of communicating how problematic some behaviors are. I also demanded (like line in the sand, would potentially divorce over this) that my husband participate because having two different approaches to parenting was really really not working for our family. One child would have major issues with him, much worse than me, the other seemed to take stuff out more on me. We BOTH needed to change and be more consistent too.

Honestly age helps a lot. My oldest is now 9 and this issue are largely in our rear view mirror now. 
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+100 good job mom. The $$ we spent on similar quality parenting therapy was the best we ever spent. My kid is now 12 and I still use what I learned every day. [/quote]

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