re: 10 year old son is a crybaby

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This is not learned behavior. We don't coddle or encourage it. It pisses me, his mother and all of his siblings off and we've tried everything, from ignoring it, to laughing at it, to talking about how you lose people's respect when reacting like that, etc. I wrestled and so did his older siblings, so I put him in wrestling to toughen him up but we're in year 3 and no improvement.

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Maybe he’s crying because you insane people are abusing him? It seems like he’s having trouble developing coping skills, in addition to some occult stressor like poor sleep or nutrition. Is he possibly getting bullied, and maybe doesn’t want to open up to you because your family sounds like a bunch of insane people? Also why would you care if it’s a learned behavior or not? You understand that your negative reinforcement could exacerbate a possible mental illness?

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How does the OT fix this shite, because I don't believe it's something I can learn to live with.

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Hopefully this poor kid survives his adolescence because your description sounds horrific. And then hopefully he gets as far away from your family as possible.