
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Support Group
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures that goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. When a child cannot seem to control his anger or frustration, even over what seems to be trivial or simple to others, the child will often react in violent or negative ways to his own...
No one seems to understand my son.

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My son is 7 years old. Devin has had a behavior issues since birth. He would scream and cry for no reason. I never knew why he did that. He has been kicked out of 3 preschools. He has so many suspensions from school I can't even count and he is only in the 2nd. grade.
Devin, yells, screams, and is difiant to anyone. he doesn't care who you are. He will hide in bushes to see you try to find him. He runs out of his class room. He is so defiant and I am really to trow in the towel. I am a single mom of two boys. My oldest is getting tired of the daily fights with Devin. I also have Multiple Sclorsis.
I am sorry to say but I feel like I have given up on him. If he were to say I am going to jump of a building I would be thinking. Go heard Devin no matter what I say or do you are going to do it while yelling a screaming at me. He calls me names and he thinks he is the boss. Somewhere I lost being a mom and now I feel like a slave to his bad bahavior.
Does anyone feel the same way?
Melanie
Devin, yells, screams, and is difiant to anyone. he doesn't care who you are. He will hide in bushes to see you try to find him. He runs out of his class room. He is so defiant and I am really to trow in the towel. I am a single mom of two boys. My oldest is getting tired of the daily fights with Devin. I also have Multiple Sclorsis.
I am sorry to say but I feel like I have given up on him. If he were to say I am going to jump of a building I would be thinking. Go heard Devin no matter what I say or do you are going to do it while yelling a screaming at me. He calls me names and he thinks he is the boss. Somewhere I lost being a mom and now I feel like a slave to his bad bahavior.
Does anyone feel the same way?
Melanie
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