When Kids Fight You on Everything
All kids are defiant sometimes. Some kids are defiant all of the time—or at least it can feel that way. When kids push back constantly, it gets overwhelming. What are the best ways of understanding and responding to kids who argue about everything?
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We've all had times when our kids resist every. single. thing. you tell them to do. When is it part of a larger problem, and even if it's not, how do we manage the exhausting defiance?
Amy and Margaret discuss:
- How to keep track of a kid's defiance in order to figure out where it's coming from
- Gut-check questions to ask yourself to ascertain where ODD might be what's happening
- the "two free requests" approach
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
- Katherine Lee for VeryWell Family: Effective Ways to Handle Defiant Children
- Royce Flippin for Additude: Why Is My Child So Angry and Defiant? An Overview of Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Dr. Douglas Riley: The Defiant Child: A Parent’s Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Mount Sinai Parenting Center: Positive Opposites
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