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Our child is irritable and cranky every day. We never get a break from his or her foul mood.

Q.2
The smallest issue provokes the biggest temper tantrum. If I pick out the wrong shirt for my child, she or he screams for 30 minutes straight.

Q.3
My child has been acting irritable and angry for a full year. Our family can’t take much more of this stress.

Q.4
The school keeps calling me to “discuss” my child’s behavior. She or he can’t make it through a day without having an incident.

Q.5
Other kids don’t want to play with my child. His or her mood is so unpredictable, they’re afraid and steer clear.

Q.6
My child is so out of control that, when he or she is having an episode, I’m afraid that I or one of my other children will get hurt.

Q.7
Every time I cook something my child doesn’t like, he or she becomes enraged. Eventually I can calm him or her down, but it takes a lot of negotiation.

Q.8
It sometimes seems like a bomb has gone off inside my home. My child’s anger is so sudden and explosive, I feel like running for cover.

Q.9
Every time my child loses a board game or video game, he or she loses it — throwing things, screaming, and hitting the walls.

Q.10
My child always misinterprets my intention. When I say it’s time to sit down to dinner, he or she thinks I’m punishing him or her for something.

Q.11
I can’t cheer up my child, no matter what I try. He or she scowls through movies, birthday parties -- just about everything kids are supposed to love.

Q.12
Sometimes my child gets so angry that he or she tears apart rooms and destroys everything in his or her path.

Q.13
My child has been in trouble at school more than once for cursing out the teacher.

Q.14
We can’t go out to dinner anymore. I just never know when my child will blow up into a tantrum, and it’s too embarrassing to risk.

Q.15
I’m so exhausted from my child constantly snapping at me. I can never find the right thing to say.

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