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Old 12-30-2016, 01:45 AM
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Liz, there's a book that helped me a lot years ago--Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. It highlighted different traits in my son (and in me and how I responded) that gave me a lot of insights. Some kids are wired to be more strong-willed, or they have traits that are difficult to deal with in a child, that cultivated correctly, can be great assets in adulthood. I liked that this book embraced them in a positive way. I have quite the stack of books on raising difficult or strong-willed children. This was by far my favorite and the most helpful. For $10-15, might be worth a try.

I wanted to tear my hair out when he was young, but the last few years have been incredible. He's almost 17.
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