The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically I

Pathways and Triggers Brought to Life 65 father. “Here’s a kid with an IQ in the 140s, and he’s not making it at one of the area ...

66 The Explosive Child “How’s that?” asked the father. “Well, it may give us some clues as to why Mitchell might be struggling t ...

Pathways and Triggers Brought to Life 67 “Don’t be rude, Mitchell,” his father intoned. “SHUT UP, FATHER!” Mitchell boomed. “HE ...

68 The Explosive Child Once again, the storm quickly subsided. “What medi- cines are you taking now?” the therapist asked. “Just ...

Pathways and Triggers Brought to Life 69 “Yes, he’s got everything under complete control,” the father said sarcastically. “PLEA ...

70 The Explosive Child “I’d like to spend a few more minutes with your par- ents. But you can wait outside if you’d like.” Mitch ...

Pathways and Triggers Brought to Life 71 “Oh, would you say there’s some tension in our fam- ily?” the father said sarcastically ...

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5 The Truth About Consequences You know, first we thought Amy was just a willful, spoiled kid,” one father recalled. “We had all ...

74 The Explosive Child the lessons we were trying to teach her would sink in eventually. Sometimes she wouldn’t stay in the time ...

The Truth About Consequences 75 then another. Maybe there are some kids who do well on meds, but Amy wasn’t one of them ...all s ...

76 The Explosive Child that their tantrums, explosions, swearing, screaming, and destructiveness bring them attention or help th ...

The Truth About Consequences 77 that he must comply quickly because his parents are go- ing to issue a command only once or twic ...

78 The Explosive Child motivating their children. Still other parents may em- bark on a behavior management program with an init ...

The Truth About Consequences 79 verbal praise, hugs, and the like) every time she com- plied. Then she and her parents identifie ...

80 The Explosive Child do what they’re asking, you’ll earn points; if you don’t, you’ll get a time-out”), her parents’ warning w ...

The Truth About Consequences 81 exhausted and start to cry or fall asleep. Rationality would be restored. Her exhausted parents ...

82 The Explosive Child Unfortunately, we live in a society in which many adults, when faced with a child who isn’t meeting expec ...

The Truth About Consequences 83 may not be getting anywhere—or doing any productive teaching—by engaging in frequent battles wit ...

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