| If your child suffers from OCD, you are not alone. Our | | | | mother, it's definitely not easy to keep your cool |
| children are very important to us and we would do | | | | around your kids. My sister has two children and she's |
| anything to make sure that they have everything that | | | | a single mother and I can again tell you that it's |
| they need. It especially hurts when we see them | | | | definitely not easy especially when your child says |
| performing rituals at such a young age. | | | | some of the mouthy things to you that they do. |
| We may initially feel like there is something wrong with | | | | So is this an article about parenting? Yes and no. |
| them mentally. There is not. They are using different | | | | Here's the meat of it. Here's a real quick case study. |
| parts of their brain more, but this can be changed. One | | | | My sister has two children, one of them was three at |
| thing that you can do to help your child is to reduce the | | | | the time and she noticed OCD behavior in him. He |
| stress around him or her. You need to make sure | | | | would not eat his yogurt unless he opened it himself. |
| there isn't fighting going on around them. | | | | He would throw it away if my sister opened it for him. |
| Find out what their fears are. Just asking them what | | | | She then realized that she was enabling him by letting |
| they are may really surprise you. Don't force your child | | | | him open it on his own to satisfy his compulsion. So |
| to talk about it if they don't want to. make sure that | | | | she simply said in a nice way, If I can't open it for you, |
| you talk to your child in a loving way and don't be seen | | | | you can't have one. Of course she still feed him his |
| by them as a ruthless dictator. Treat them in such a | | | | meals regardless, but she isolated it to this particular |
| way that they will want to do what you say, not do it | | | | item so that she could show him that it was ok if she |
| because they fear you. | | | | opened it. |
| Treat them the way that you would want to be | | | | At first I did not know if it would be that successful, but |
| treated by your boss at work. At the same time. If you | | | | it worked! I have since seen it work in other cases and |
| are not firm in what you say they will walk all over you. | | | | so I'm confident about writing about it and giving you |
| So you've got to learn the balance. See how in this | | | | this information. It's very valuable. Like all other |
| article, it tells you what you can change in yourself. This | | | | information, it's powerless unless you actually use it. |
| is the best way to change the behavior of others | | | | Don't let this article give you an "ah-ha" moment and |
| around you. | | | | then do nothing. No, instead, pick your child's worse |
| If it's in your control, you can do something about it. I | | | | OCD and isolate it to that. |
| have a friend who has three children and is a single | | | | |