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If your child takes “defiant” to a whole new level, you probably feel at the end of your rope. Before you start pursuing treatment, however, it’s important to know exactly what you’re dealing with.

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How to Discipline a Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

Every parent of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) knows what it’s like to troubleshoot behavior problems — your child saying no to requests or blurting out disrespectful retorts.Children with ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) take defiant behavior to the extreme. They have a pattern of angry, violent, and disruptive behaviors toward parents, caretakers, and other authority figures. These children require smart, specific oppositional defiant disorder strategies — and more than their fair share of patience.“Choose your battles carefully, and find humor in every situation.” -Robin, ColoradoForty percent of children with ADHD also develop ODD.

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The Parents’ Guide to Dismantling Oppositional, Defiant Behavior

Does your child bristle against limits? Challenge your authority? Resist even reasonable requests? Yes, youthful rebellion travels in lockstep with adolescence, but don’t dismiss your teen’s oppositionality as hormones alone. “No” could be your child’s way of expressing a wide range of emotions they can’t otherwise articulate.

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What Does Oppositional Defiant Disorder Look Like in Adults?

Adults with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) display a pattern of negative, hostile, and defiant behavior that lasts at least six months and includes four (or more) of the following symptoms:Adults with ODD are more than just aggressive and irritating from time to time. They feel mad at the world every day, and lose their temper regularly. This may manifest as verbal abuse or road rage.

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When “No!” Is Your Child’s First Impulse: ODD Parenting Advice

ODD is characterized by persistent hostility, aggression, and defiance. What’s more, it often co-occurs with ADHD. So, how can parents manage their kids’ ODD symptoms and not exacerbate negative behaviors?Here, ADDitude readers share their tips for managing oppositional defiance.

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Q: My Child Asks ‘Why’ Constantly and I Can’t Handle the Defiance!

Why do I have to do that? Why can’t you do it? Why does it have to happen now? I find it so frustrating, and I feel that she is being really defiant. I get angry and then it escalates and what I need her to do doesn’t happen.” – FrustratedMomHi FrustratedMom:I answered countless “why” questions while my children were growing up… and I still do.

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder Strategies: 8 Discipline Rules

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ODD vs. ADHD: The Facts About Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Attention Deficit

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is defined by aggressiveness and a tendency to purposefully bother and irritate others. While it is true that anybody can be aggressive and irritating from time to time, to be diagnosed as ODD, a person must display a pattern of negativistic, hostile, and defiant behavior lasting at least six months.

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