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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 204240" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>{{{Christy}}}</p><p>I'm sorry about your no good rotten day. It's truly amazing how such a small child is capable of bringing us to our knees. It sounds to me as though you both need to feel some success. You as a parent and difficult child as a child. Personally, I'd try to lower the expectations of behavior a little bit until you get a grasp of what's happening with difficult child. Maybe pick two things like safety (for herself and others/pets) and speaking respectfully (no more shut up). Then give her a sticker for every hour (or even less time if necessary) she manages that. I wouldn't tell her until after she earns her first sticker so she doesn't self-sabotage. A lot of our kids just can't take the pressure of trying to behave appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>I would also get rain slickers and rain boots for the family, ditto for winter gear. I suspect she's one of those kids that needs to run it off and be in nature a lot to feel good. Maybe take her out to collect leaves and let her create a collage or just glue them to paper. Nothing is lost if she "ruins" it, but she's still getting a valuable experience. I usually do art projects on the patio or in the basement. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/winks.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":winks:" title="winks :winks:" data-shortname=":winks:" /></p><p> </p><p>I moved heaven and earth to not take Duckie into stores when she was this age, because she reacted much the same way as your difficult child. I used to wait until husband got home from work and we had dinner to shop. It was worth the late hour to not face the meltdowns.</p><p> </p><p>And as for you, young lady.... What are you doing to take care of you? Seriously! You need to make a little time for you at regular intervals to recharge your batteries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 204240, member: 1722"] {{{Christy}}} I'm sorry about your no good rotten day. It's truly amazing how such a small child is capable of bringing us to our knees. It sounds to me as though you both need to feel some success. You as a parent and difficult child as a child. Personally, I'd try to lower the expectations of behavior a little bit until you get a grasp of what's happening with difficult child. Maybe pick two things like safety (for herself and others/pets) and speaking respectfully (no more shut up). Then give her a sticker for every hour (or even less time if necessary) she manages that. I wouldn't tell her until after she earns her first sticker so she doesn't self-sabotage. A lot of our kids just can't take the pressure of trying to behave appropriately. I would also get rain slickers and rain boots for the family, ditto for winter gear. I suspect she's one of those kids that needs to run it off and be in nature a lot to feel good. Maybe take her out to collect leaves and let her create a collage or just glue them to paper. Nothing is lost if she "ruins" it, but she's still getting a valuable experience. I usually do art projects on the patio or in the basement. :winks: I moved heaven and earth to not take Duckie into stores when she was this age, because she reacted much the same way as your difficult child. I used to wait until husband got home from work and we had dinner to shop. It was worth the late hour to not face the meltdowns. And as for you, young lady.... What are you doing to take care of you? Seriously! You need to make a little time for you at regular intervals to recharge your batteries. [/QUOTE]
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