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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are concerned b/c you need to educate yourself.

Read TouchPoints.

Please parent responsibly.[/quote]

Thanks, I will check out that book. I will admit I'm the soft type of parent, I love my son very much and he's really not a bad kid, so I don't think I've ever raised my voice at him and I rarely say no. I mean, we can go out to restaurant and have a meal with him, he's traveled on an airplane 4 times already and it wasn't too bad, I don't worry he's going to have a meltdown in the middle of Target (and if he starts getting cranky he's easily distracted by something pulled off of the shelf and than handed back to the cashier). I think that because he doesn't throw tantrums and is easily distracted away from what he's doing, I've let some other  bad behaviors go. [/quote]

OP, you haven't "let bad behaviors go," that's not the point at all.  The point is that what he's doing is developmentally normal.  He doesn't want to look at flash cards.  He wants to explore his world.  He is going to defy you.  That's normal.  Stop expecting him to be a little automaton.  And if he were, you would be having a panic attack that he's autistic.  Is that what you want?[/quote]

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