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Can't even get him to brush his teeth! Am I totally ineffective as a parent?!
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<blockquote data-quote="BellJar" data-source="post: 475899" data-attributes="member: 13068"><p>Thank you both; I am much calmer now. It's just so overwhelming sometimes to feel like I can't even accomplish the small things and I used to feel like I was the only mother in the world that couldn't even get her child to brush his teeth, or in Salinger's case, wear clean clothes every day. </p><p></p><p>I will definitely take your advice, Hounddog. If I wind myself up and try to force him to do every single thing he doesn't want to do I will end up running screaming through traffic. And I am learning the hard way that I have to drop some of my expectations. My first instinct is to say he should have to brush his teeth with the other toothpaste and if I buy him the one he wants it's just giving in to his bad behavior. But what is that way of thinking going to cause me but a thousand more mornings like this? I will buy him the bleeping toothpaste <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> and just enjoy one less battle to fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BellJar, post: 475899, member: 13068"] Thank you both; I am much calmer now. It's just so overwhelming sometimes to feel like I can't even accomplish the small things and I used to feel like I was the only mother in the world that couldn't even get her child to brush his teeth, or in Salinger's case, wear clean clothes every day. I will definitely take your advice, Hounddog. If I wind myself up and try to force him to do every single thing he doesn't want to do I will end up running screaming through traffic. And I am learning the hard way that I have to drop some of my expectations. My first instinct is to say he should have to brush his teeth with the other toothpaste and if I buy him the one he wants it's just giving in to his bad behavior. But what is that way of thinking going to cause me but a thousand more mornings like this? I will buy him the bleeping toothpaste :p and just enjoy one less battle to fight. [/QUOTE]
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