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1. Throw all the books into the recycling and never buy another.

2. Naturally quiet and passive children are born that way, and it's due to inherited personality traits that the parents likely have as well. We are all like this to some degree in the family.

3. If you have a feisty kid, you will need to do extra parenting, arm yourself with more patience, and accept smaller results over a longer period of time. That's OK, and not a reflection of your parenting skills!

4. If you believe your kid's behaviors are truly out of the range of normal for their age, do not hesitate in getting them evaluated by a psychologist for ADHD, ASD, or whatever else you believe they might have. Early intervention helps a lot. Also be aware that teachers cannot actually come out and pronounce these words. They will couch it in "attention issues", "speaks out of turn" , "needs repeated directions", "has emotional outbursts", etc...
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I agree with most of this, though I do find the parenting books very helpful as long as you take them with a grain of salt and know that you have less control than you might like to think. Parenting my child with ADHD is a completely different ballgame than my child who is typically developing. And yes, it requires a ton more work and parenting. And he still will likely never be the kid people call out as so polite, well behaved etc, no matter how much I parent. But he also has incredible confidence and is the kid who will introduce himself to anyone, look an adult right in the eye and confidently ask a question or give a compliment. Like others have said, the best you can do is parent the child you have, love them for who they are, celebrate and build their strengths, and hope that genes fall on your side (seriously! so much is genes)[/quote]

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