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EDIT- She has previously been diagnosed with ODD. Could it be that she has that AONGSIDE the BP if you guys don't think the oppositional stuff has anything to do with the BP? I did read a book on BP, called 'The Bipolar Child' and it mentioned lots of kids with BP being oppositional, and how you can't parent them normally because the usual discipline tactics as used on a non BP child just make things worse in a kid with BP. Just wanted to add that.
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So how are you supposed to raise your kids according to the book? Let them run wild? Or up meds each time they act defiant?
Kids with issues are kids too. They need to be brought up just like anybody else. And kids with ODD need even STRICTER boundaries, not looser.
Honestly, lots of it sounds like rough teenage years and if you will try to slap label on it and excuse everything with the label, you will only damage that girl. She needs love and understanding, but needs boundaries. She needs to know there are consequences to things.
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