My 8 year old son hates me, and I dont understand why (final)

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Hey folks.

I was inspired to give you an update because 2 things have happened recently.

  1. No more outbursts, no more biting or attacking me, no more throwing things at the walls. As a result, we've repainted and put the decorations back up.

  2. He made some art at school of what he loves the most, and I made the cut with his mom.

Things have been great lately. Back to relative normal. I think I mentioned this but he has ADHD, mild autism, mild ODD, high anxiety, mild depression. This made parenting tricky since negative behavior correction triggered his ODD but positive correction was also something he hates.

We still do the daddy therapy tine but not daily, only as needed. When i need to correct behavior I press him into his bed or the couch and tell him what he did wrong and what to do instead, he only takes it well using this method.

We started sending him to "neuro therapy" which is some thing where they put electrodes on his head and have him do tasks. It sounded like crazy woo-woo sci-fi stuff to me but I swear its working. When his therapist went on vacation for 2 weeks we noticed a difference. Idk how long we will be able to afford to do it with the way the economy is going but hopefully a ls long as he needs.

I've been doing cub scouts with him 1 on 1 which has helped restore our own relationship, forcing the 1 on 1 time with me was important to get things to start to turn around.

To those of you with similar struggles, hang in there!

Ill comment with a picture that I think is really neat, if I can figure out how.

Posted Sep 3, 2025, 6:19 PM UTC

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