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Question for anyone with Experience with mental health

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Submitted by Stepmomkate1 on Wed, 03/25/2020 - 8:09pm

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Ok is there Certain signs/Symptoms to tell if a child(12/13 yr olds )has some Serious Underlying Emotional/Mental condition vs just being a Coddled spoiled Entitled brat? 

Second I know pre-teens can be moody/Emotional due to their age but “Typically” what age do crying/yelling Temper tantrum’s stop? 

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Submitted by Kes on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 1:31am

Crying, yelling and temper tantrums, as listed by you, should stop by age 6 or so, after the child starts school typically. If a pre-teen is yelling and has temper tantrums, it is usually poor parenting to blame.  There is no mental health condition that makes a child behave like this.  Autism is different, but that is usually much more obvious.  If you could tell us exactly what the problems are, that would help us advise you. 

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Submitted by lieutenant_dad on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 10:40am

Or temper tantrums are due to some previous trauma that the kid can't work through. That trauma may stem from poor parenting, but that doesn't make it any less real or needed to be dealt with. Even if you end the trauma, the kid still has to be taught how to handle their emotions.

Bad parenting can lead to poor mental health. Fixing the bad parenting won't undo the damage done to the child's mental health. That's why this gets so tricky and why kids stay damaged even if a parent changes their ways.

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Submitted by Rags on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 2:35pm

Kids this age with legitimate issues are far from the norm and at most are a comparatively rare exception.

Problems are not resolved by artificially forcing a kid into a crisis category that is not legitimate in that kid's case.

 

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Submitted by --figureditout-- on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 3:22pm

My bios are 15 and 17 boys. Neither of them has had a screaming crying tantrum since 5 or 6. My oldest has a temper and was a pencil snapper. Those days are few and far between as he knows he is full grown man sized. Both boys follow our lead and go to their rooms to simmer down, then come talk to one of us.

SD23 was the tantrum queen. Self injury. Suicidal ideation. Stealing. Lying. Full blown fits with items thrown. She was diagnosed bipolar at 18.

 

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Submitted by Rags on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 12:23am

Excuse and esteem based parenting fails children.  Standards based parenting builds confident kids who are high performers with the best chance of becoming viable adults.  

 

 

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Submitted by tog redux on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 11:49am

The best thing to do is to seek a consultation with the PCP or with a therapist. They can give you an idea of what is what.