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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 286792" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Yes, I have totally been desensitized. I look at much of the behavior "problems" my friends have and think "So what is the problem?" One friend gets SOO upset over the potty humor boys enjoy from about age 4 or 5 to age ???(Still waiting for husband to outgrow it!). I cannot for the life of me figure out why toilet jokes are such a big deal. </p><p></p><p>Of course to get through a meal time without fighting we started doing mad libs with them when Wiz was 4. Potty, poop, vomit, it wasn't done if those words were not in the story. So my kids got potty humor at the dinner table. They ate. They didn't fight. They didn't argue. They learned parts of speech. It all seemed OK to me.</p><p></p><p>Other friends get really upset if the child forgets to say thank you, or doesn't tidy the bedroom daily. I would remind the child to say thank you. If he refused, whatever he is thanking them for was gone. For good. Only took 2 times with Wiz. (4 with Jessie, but that was because husband let her have the item a few days later - dug it out of the garbage for her!!) And if the room isn't clean? NO friends over. And shut the door.</p><p></p><p>i look at what upset me when Wiz was very little, before the other kids were born, and I am amazed. I am SOOOO much more relaxed now. Many things just don't bug me because I have already seen and handled so much worse. How can you get upset over a messy room when your child was just found trying to kill his little sister? (that was his stated intention when asked about what he was doing.)</p><p></p><p>He is well past those years. I am still much more relaxed as a parent. I don't get sooooo upset anymore. </p><p></p><p>Wiz was sent to my parents three years ago. I am still just not fazed by much the other two come up with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 286792, member: 1233"] Yes, I have totally been desensitized. I look at much of the behavior "problems" my friends have and think "So what is the problem?" One friend gets SOO upset over the potty humor boys enjoy from about age 4 or 5 to age ???(Still waiting for husband to outgrow it!). I cannot for the life of me figure out why toilet jokes are such a big deal. Of course to get through a meal time without fighting we started doing mad libs with them when Wiz was 4. Potty, poop, vomit, it wasn't done if those words were not in the story. So my kids got potty humor at the dinner table. They ate. They didn't fight. They didn't argue. They learned parts of speech. It all seemed OK to me. Other friends get really upset if the child forgets to say thank you, or doesn't tidy the bedroom daily. I would remind the child to say thank you. If he refused, whatever he is thanking them for was gone. For good. Only took 2 times with Wiz. (4 with Jessie, but that was because husband let her have the item a few days later - dug it out of the garbage for her!!) And if the room isn't clean? NO friends over. And shut the door. i look at what upset me when Wiz was very little, before the other kids were born, and I am amazed. I am SOOOO much more relaxed now. Many things just don't bug me because I have already seen and handled so much worse. How can you get upset over a messy room when your child was just found trying to kill his little sister? (that was his stated intention when asked about what he was doing.) He is well past those years. I am still much more relaxed as a parent. I don't get sooooo upset anymore. Wiz was sent to my parents three years ago. I am still just not fazed by much the other two come up with. [/QUOTE]
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