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Discipline problems are usually what spur parents to seek professional help for their kids. Discipline problems can stem from your child's inability to sort out his/her feelings or to adjust to the divorce -- or it might just mean that your child is lacking good coping skills. A child's bad behavior can result from fear, hostility, or insecurity, and it's a sign that your child needs more positive attention. Children who don't receive positive parental attention try for any kind of attention, even if it's negative: they would rather misbehave and get yelled at than not get any attention at all. Some therapists assert that any extreme deviation from a child's normal course of behavior is a sign that he or she has been affected by the divorce. "A parent should look for extremes in any direction: wild behavior in a quiet child, or if a sociable child won't come out of his or her room, for example," says Dr. Robert Galatzer-Levy, a Chicago-based child and adolescent psychiatrist. "Changes is a child's social behavior are often the best indicators that something is wrong," says Barbara Anderson, a Toronto therapist and mediator. "For instance, you should be concerned if your child is suddenly acting out violently; regressing to an earlier stage such as bedwetting; having problems playing with friends; developing academic problems; or even experiencing physical problems such as developing stomach or head aches, sleep problems, or eating disorders."
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