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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPs who think ODD is the result of bad parenting have no clue what they're talking about. I bet they think these kids just need a good spanking. Morons.[/quote]

No, but the parents clearly need parenting classes.  The ODD did not rise up in a vacuum.  It represents a culmination of conditions that facilitated its development and one MAJOR condition is inconsistent parenting and poor disciplining.

In furtherance of consideration of poor choices, note the context of this discussion.  OP has received a diagnosis of ODD for the child.  Instead of pursuing discussions with the diagnostician or trained and licensed therapists, OP has turned to this anonymous forum and is asking for help.  Hhhhmm.  Interesting approach.  And OP wonders how it all got this way.  Gee, good question.

As someone who DOES work with high risk kids who have received diagnoses of ODD my recommendation is to immediately begin working with licensed therapists, individual and family, and then to do what those therapists suggest during sessions.[/quote]

I'd be willing to bet that you are a "therapist" looking to help these families empty their wallets by offering them parenting classes. ODD can be exacerbated by bad parenting, of course, but it is absolutely NOT caused by it. It's genetic. Some kids get it and some don't within the same family.[/quote]

I don't know how to say this other than very bluntly.  You are wrong.  ODD is not genetic and to say it is really demonstrates that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.[/quote]

You are correct.  ODD is NOT genetic and is often a misdiagnosis for a brain-based (yes that is a [i]thing[/i]) condition such as a mood disorder which is not always clearly recognizable at the start of the illness.  Our DC was initially for a short time, misdiagnosed with ODD, but it turned out to be bipolar disorder and anxiety (also genetic) instead of ODD.  I knew that it was something else because the ODD diagnosis did not add up based on upbringing and stable childhood.[/quote]

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