Hello write or wrong and others,
as a follow up to the previous post about Avi Fishoff. I am a long time talmid of Avi Fishoff and although I wouldn’t call myself an expert on this subject, as a father of a child similar to the ones described here, I have extensive experience in successfully dealing with this problem (I use the term successful in very relative terms).
I have read a lot of the posts here (though not all), some very good advice and some NOT so good. For example, I read one post that mentioned to “Just ignore him”. That’s probably one of the worst things you can do.
The problem you describe usually stems from some sort of trauma (physical or otherwise) that occurred at some point in his life. So, in short, your child is probably suffering tremendous emotional (spiritual) pain. There are many ways of dealing with this, some of the methods were already mentioned in this thread. For example acceptance and unconditional love; but, the REAL definition of acceptance and unconditional love, goes way beyond the methods previously mentioned here. I can continue to give further details into this method or you can contact Avi directly. Let me know 🙂