Anyone watching I hate mum on bbc1?

[Alambil]

Silly woman - he never hated you. He just wanted you to show him that you love him.

Now I'm wondering if Adam's stuff is all about attention? Perhaps that's obvious really!

I'm LOVING the puppets

Well the scratch on the tv for example - there was no point asking him why he did it to start with, but to sit down and do all that "I'll count to 5" stuff just put her in a confrontational position which he instantly reacts angrily to. AND she should have walked away from him bashing her face - he gets too much attention for behaving badly.

He does need consequences definitely though.

i agree with the walking away from Adam.
i spose when you are in the whole business, it is hard.

Lewis - I like the raccoon or is it a lemur?

oh he's quite sweet now!

maryz,
camhs had a very strong input.
do you have same?

Oh yes, I wish I found it so easy to parent my own children . I'm glad they made some good progress in the end.

Ah, maryz, I've looked on Radio Times website. If you can record it and don't mind the subtitles it's on next Wednesday at an ungodly hour:

Sign Zone:I Hate Mum
Wednesday 17 February
2:45am - 3:35am
BBC1

thanks, washersaurus. was a bit strange being a voyeur/fly-on-the-wall, watching those families.

oh dear,
camhs, is children and adolescent mental health service

they have family therapists and all sorts.
and are health service, rather than social service.

good luck.

I've been reading lots of books from the library (am definitely not an expert )...

I can recommend "Brilliant Parent" by Emma Sargent, as well as the other positive parenting books that people recommend on here.

When I ignore the bad and praise the good behaviour I do get better results - it is very very difficult to practise though!

It is useful to recognise emotional flashpoints and be prepared for them too.

Who would think dealing with attention seeking behaviour is a reason to call in a camera crew?

I bet they all invited family/ neighbours round for a piss up and crisps to watch this too.

I feel dirty having watched it...and not just a little bit sad.

I have a ds with High Functioning Autism, Adam seems exactly like him.

I have just found this thread. This program has been repeated recently and I would like to add a comment.
My 8 year old DS has been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum and his behaviour is alarmingly similar to that of Adam, apart from the fact that his tantrums aren't as severe as the little boys. I would love to know whether Adam has been diagnosed since this program was first aired.
I agree with MaryZ in as much as no amount of punishment or bounderies has any affect due to his condition.