One of my children has oppositional defiant disorder. (Mom is same) Since she was a tiny baby should would oppose you just for the sake of it. From 2-7. Let’

One of my children has oppositional defiant disorder. (Mom is same) Since she was a tiny baby should would oppose you just for the sake of it. From 2-7. Let’s go to park/pool/etc. Instant meltdown. Horse farm probably the sole exception. Regardless she would have a blast on every outing. Tried hours of calmness to angry rages and everything in between. Generally 90 minutes of drama would be needed to before she wore out enough so we could go have fun. Bed time would leave everyone dripping in sweat. We’ve reached the point we’re we just tell her to knock it off, then we ignore her until she decides to join in. This usually takes 5-15 minutes. Not playing into it is so far our best strategy. Other day she wanted us to adopted a Goose. After being told no, she went to the Tent and proceeded to wail for awhile. She the proceeded to slowly move closer and closer to make sure we could hear her wailing. Eventually she went back to playing when she couldn’t get a response. None of other children are like that. The mom clearly had same as a child and early adult. So yeah? Parenting is hard.