No Food is Safe….
Hello I have a 11(f) daughter with a diagnosis of ADHD and Oppositional Defiance Disorder. She also has precocious puberty.
I bring snacks into the house and in one day she eats them all.
She isn’t over weight. She has an athletic build. I don’t restrict food. I teach moderation. There are other foods for her to eat. For example there was 1 ice cream bar. I said leave that one there, I will buy more. She eats it and when I ask her why she lies and said I thought you said I could eat it. We both know what I said and she does with other things other than food. I say one thing and she does the opposite.
It’s frustrating. What kind of therapy would help this? She knows the difference between right and wrong and only does what she wants to do no matter what I say.
Taking away electronics or TV doesn’t work.
Does anyone deal with this? What have you done with your older children to get them support?
I’m afraid when she becomes an adult she won’t know how to refrain from stealing or worse.