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Summary of The Explosive Child 

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“The Explosive Child” focuses on behaviorally challenging children and all the strategies that can help you handle them better. An enormous amount of research on behaviorally challenging children has accumulated over the past years, so there are more explanations for why they are challenging and how to help them. Ross W. Greene, PhD is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech and the Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School. He is the originator of the empirically supported approach for understanding and helping children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges described in this summary. He is the founding director of the nonprofit, “Lives in the Balance” (www.livesinthebalance.org), which provides free, web-based resources on his model and advocates on behalf of behaviorally challenging children and their caregivers. “Anyone can become angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way… this is not easy.” ~ Aristotle

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Every behaviorally challenged child needs patience, respect, and understanding

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“Explosive” is a descriptive term for children who become frustrated more quickly and more often, and communicate their frustration in ways that are far more extreme than “ordinary” children. And while many behaviorally challenging children explode when they’re frustrated — screaming, swearing, hitting, kicking, biting, spitting, and other ways — many others implode instead — crying, sulking, pouting, having anxiety attacks, and being blue and withdrawn or cranky and irritable.
Behaviorally challenging kids need us to take a close look at our beliefs about challenging behavior and apply strategies that are often a far cry from ways in which most adults interact with and discipline kids who are not behaviorally challenging. ~ Ross W. Greene, PhD
Behaviorally challenging children are usually referred to as manipulative and attention-seeking, but these terms are inaccurate and counterproductive. Some people also believe that they have these challenges because their parents are passive and have bad parenting skills, but this is also a wrong idea. Every child is unique and behaves the way they do because they do not know better.

Many families have successfully applied the strategies in this summary. These strategies require you to read through with an open mind while patiently hoping for positive results.

So, whether you are the parent, grandparent, teacher, therapist, sibling, or friend of a behaviorally challenging child, this summary will open your mind to a new approach for dealing with them. It will also help you understand what goes on in their world and make you a more confident help.
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Every child is different and should be treated accordingly

After a while, parents of behaviorally challenged children discover that strategies that are usually effective for shaping other children’s behavior — such as explaining, reasoning, reassuring, rewarding, and punishing — don’t achieve the same success with their children. Even commonly-prescribed medications often make things worse. Dealing more effectively with a behaviorally challenging child requires an understanding of why they behave as they do. This more accurate understanding can lead to improvements in your interactions with your child, even before you try any formal strategies.
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Children will only do well if they can

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Children have minds of their own and this is why it is difficult for them to accept imposed solutions

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Ignore your theories about the cause of unsolved problems because they are often incorrect

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The key to solving problems lies in the collaborative efforts of parents and children

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Plan B requires you to communicate with your child and this leads to more effective solutions

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Change is a process that blooms with consistency

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Every challenging episode is an opportunity to learn more about your child as well as your parenting skills

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When everyone in a family is well informed, they can be a strong support system for a behaviorally challenged child

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Behaviorally challenging children also need help from their schools and teachers

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