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A Powerful Method to Help Challenging Children Process Feelings

June 15, 2010

In the previous blog post I discussed the five question approach to helping your Challenging Child to process feelings after acting out. Now I want to introduce a very powerful method for the processing of feelings in general. When processing feelings, never lecture. NEVER. If you lecture, you raise the risk that your child will [...]

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Paradox for Oppositional Behavior

May 12, 2010

Molly writes, “When my child is being defiant and I tell them to sit down to rest until they are ready, they will just flat out refuse to do that. So what do I do then?” The defiance on top of defiance. Oppositional behavior and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) often go hand in hand. I [...]

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RAD Kids Who Lie — Future Writers?

February 25, 2010

Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) tell lies about anything at any time. They will lie to your face about something that just happened in your presence, where the truth is obvious. And the more you react with anger, the worse it gets. When a RADish knows how to push your buttons, the more the [...]

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Jumping Jacks!

January 29, 2010

Good old fashioned jumping jacks are excellent exercises for our challenging children. And it all gets back to the brain. When a challenging child gets stuck in all those charming ways that challenging children have – argumentative, defiance, tantrums, and so on – you can bet that something has triggered that fight or flight response. [...]

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