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[quote=Anonymous]OP i'm very sorry for this. I have a kid with SN so i've been in the thick of therapies etc for 10 years, so from my perspective it just seems so obvious that your kid has additional needs.

There's a SN developmental pediatrician in DC, Dr. Shapiro, who does workshops for parents of SN kids.  We went to a series when DS was 4, and i remember the first thing he said to the group of us was that NO child behaves badly because they want to.  They do it because they're struggling; either with diagnosable things, trauma, not having their needs met, etc.  But kids aren't shits just for the fun of it. They don't want to be shits.  But they're that way beacuse they don't have the right tools to be happy.

It is sad that you say it's been this way for 10 years, since she was 2.  If an adult carried that much anger, anxiety, or aggression towards basic interactions, wouldn't we encourage them to seek treatment?  Talk therapy, create new habits, contemplate anti anxiety medications or ADHD medications or other possible treatments?  Why would you withhold the same benefit to your kid, who is clearly struggling?

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