Question
Our 4th child is 9 years old (we have 6 total), and was recently evaluated as having a few diagnosis issues via psychology office. One of them being "oppositional defiant disorder." We have been told to wait until April for him to speak with someone. In the mean time, my stress level is through the roof. He has always been "high maintenance" which at 1, he started biting people. We dealt with that problem, then he moved to pinching. He started hurting animals, then has moved onto destruction of the house at times. He is physically violent with his two older brothers. He's verbally abusive to his older sister and to me. My husband tends to have a short temper and that does not help which causes more screaming and yelling. In addition, we home school which I don't know if I can do that with him at this point. If he asks for or to do something, and the answer is no, the reaction is unpredictable. I never in a million years thought my child would treat his own family like that.
