Parenting The Strong Willed Child is Frustrating!
My wife and I have truly experienced the pleasure of parenting the strong willed child! Since our son was born into this world he began facing the horrible struggles of a cruel world. His biological mother unfortunately was addicted to cocaine, meth, alcohol, and you name it. Not a great way to start off life!
That first three months of his life he went through the hell of cocaine withdrawals! Even adults can’t handle the pain staking process of coming down from cocaine addiction. Yes, his poor excuse of a mother gave him one of the only things she ever gave him, and that was an addiction to cocaine. But thanks to GOD the strong willed child struggled through this and survived!
For you that are raising the strong willed child don’t give up the hope. Your will must be stronger than their will! I know that it may seem impossible to overcome the challenge of this but you must stand strong! I know a little something about will power since I spent over twelve years in the Marine Corps. The strong willed child within me took on the challenge my father gave me when he said that I wouldn’t even make it through Boot Camp! Well I did and went onto graduate in the top 10% of my platoon. So you can’t fool me when it comes to the strong willed child. I am one too!
Our son’s childhood didn’t seem any more different that our older son who was also adopted. At least at first! But in retrospect he was more determined than any of the other four children that we have raised. His definition of the word ‘NO” meant that he should go at what he is trying to do faster and with more determination. That meant that in order for us to stop him at things we had to physically step in.
We got our first glimpse of how much more difficult life would be for him and us when he was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of six. I know I had never even heard of ADHD until that very moment in time, and to be quite honest I was glad to know that there was a reason for his behavior. When I found out that he could take medicine to keep it under control I was even more excited at the possibilities. So he first began what would be a lifetime of prescription medication to control his behavior. Although it didn’t help remove the strong willed child from him, it did make him calm down.
If we were going to survive this challenge we needed to seek out some help somewhere. Anywhere! We didn’t care we just knew we needed someone or something to give us a solution. To be honest my wife and I were very embarrassed and frustrated because we didn’t know what to do or how to solve this problem. The strong willed child that GOD had gifted to us was driving us crazy.
We decided that we would make a determined effort to find a solution to this problem. We were certain that we were not the only parents out there that had the strong willed child causing their homes to be turned upside down. We looked to the Internet. We went to child psychologists. We had him tested only to find out what we already knew in that he was a gifted child. We finally found a solution that was much less expensive than we ever imagined. I speak about it on my website, along with countless stories about parenting children.
The strong willed child really can test your patience and I truly believe that it takes a special parent to raise one! I know that my wife and I on more than one occasion thought about running away from home and changing our names, but we were not quitters. Anyone is able to throw in the towel and give up, but the Marine Corps in me would not allow that to happen! We needed to begin to model good behavior instead of thinking that the louder we get his behavior would improve! Not very smart on our part right!
Don’t fail your strong willed child. Seek out the help you need and the longer you put it off the harder it will become. There are great programs out there that are very effective, and trust me we have looked into a great deal of them. You can end up spending thousands of dollars trying to find a solution but keep in mind there are some very reasonably priced programs that can be purchased right on the Internet that work.
Want to find out more about Parenting the Strong Willed Child, then visit Gregory Covey’s site on how to choose the best Program for your needs.
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