My brother was away at our aunt's house for the weekend as one of our cousins was celebrating her 1st birthday. I stayed back home with my Dad to take advantage of the silence.

His outbursts are usually a daily thing. We all usually just tell him to stop and be quiet, cause there really isn't much we can do. Time outs have NEVER worked. He just doesn't understand. He has MID and slight autism, and teaching him rules have been extremely difficult. In public, my Dad usually gives him whatever he wants so he won't scream.. last week he came home with 12 different kinds of chips because that was what my brother wanted at the store For me, I don't really believe in special treatment and I'm a little harder on my brother than my Dad is. This usually puts me at the centre of attention in malls, parking lots, etc. when it's time to go home and I'm dragging him and he's screaming and trying to lay on the floor so he doesn't have to go. What sucks is, though he's only 9, he weights almost 30 pounds more than I do (because of all his chips and sweets that he is aloud to have) so really I can't DO anything and my stress/frustration levels will get so high that I'll end up crying right there.