[blparent] behavior problems with our 4 year old

[Jodie and Kahlan]

Hi Jessica. She's been doing some of these things for about two or 
three years now and we thought she would just grow out of it, but the 
defiance has gotten much worse over the past few months. We have 
reached out to her pediatrician, who has referred us to a behavioral 
therapist. We're also working with an organization called Sunrise. Our 
Sunrise case worker is a family advocate who has been giving us 
suggestions for keeping the home safer and we're in the process of 
implementing them. Thank god for our housing authority and their 
willingness to help us childproof the windows and doors to the best of 
our ability and still follow state and federal regulations!

Today has been the first really good day we've had in about a week or 
two. She went to bed with very little fus and no running around or 
opening the window. Housing fines people who have windows open when 
it's below fifty degrees and she opens her bedroom window when she 
wants to be defiant because she knows we'll come in and close the 
window, giving her the opportunity to try to escape her bed time by 
running through the house.