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[quote=Anonymous]For mine, it ended up just being a smart, highly-sensitive kid. No diagnosis. One thing I wish I understood better at the time is that with a highly-sensitive kid, sometimes being strict or using tactics like Magic 123 with counting down to a consequence actually make it worse. Every time I tried to get stricter, the dynamic with my two year old would just absolutely spiral and she'd completely lose it, so I'd think oh I need to be even tougher because she's pushing back on the rules. No... what I understand now is that she actually needed rule setting and a lot, a lot of hugs and tenderness. That giving her space to cool off away from me followed by warmth and connection is actually what defused the behaviors. I have a lot of regret I didn't figure this out sooner. [/quote]
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