ODD in Children: A Parent’s Behavior Management Guide

A central but often overlooked feature of ODD in children is the drive to thwart and defeat anyone in a perceived position of authority. This can make ODD a devastating illness for families. ODD treatment does exist, but it’s neither quick nor easy.

Uncle Dharma

May 23, 2021 at 10:17 am

4. Often argues with authority figures or with adults
5. Often actively defies or refuses to comply with requests from authority figures or with rules

Has anyone stopped to look at what these “authority figures” are requesting or ordering?
Does the request make logical sense?
Does the latest request or order conflict with yesterday’s request or order?
Is the latest request or order even legal?

Is the authority figure just playing at being an authority figure for their own ego or some weird reason?

I have ODD when the so-called authority figure is wrong, is making a stupid or illegal request, or is an idiot, or the rules are illogical or in conflict with each other, and so on.

Over the years, I have been able to get a few rules changed or updated — including state laws.