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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 140114" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>Welcome to the board. You found a safe, soft place to land.</p><p></p><p>Dara and KJ have already said it, but it bears repeating. Parents of angellic kids simply do. not. get. what it takes to raise a challenging child. They are wired different, they are unique. We as parents have to be flexible in our parenting and be able to try non-traditional methods of parenting. Spanking never works. Yelling never works. Does speaking firmly to your child work? Then you have found what works for you and your child at this time in his life. You are 10 steps ahead of a lot of the moms on this site, myself included!</p><p></p><p>There is a book called Explosive Child by Ross Greene. I wonder if that was the book that your *ahem* "friend" was referring to. The basis of this book is not necessarily to be nicer to the child, but to <em>pick your battles</em> with the child. Many parents on this site have found great success with that book. When you have a child that has a meltdown when you tell them "time for bed" and an equal meltdown when you tell them "please throw your tissue away", you need these strategies to avoid as many meltdowns as possible.</p><p></p><p>Glad you found us, sorry you had to. Do make a signature for yourself so we can get to know you better. Click the "user cp" button on the top left, then go to "signatures". Again, welcome. Warm hugs to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 140114, member: 3647"] Welcome to the board. You found a safe, soft place to land. Dara and KJ have already said it, but it bears repeating. Parents of angellic kids simply do. not. get. what it takes to raise a challenging child. They are wired different, they are unique. We as parents have to be flexible in our parenting and be able to try non-traditional methods of parenting. Spanking never works. Yelling never works. Does speaking firmly to your child work? Then you have found what works for you and your child at this time in his life. You are 10 steps ahead of a lot of the moms on this site, myself included! There is a book called Explosive Child by Ross Greene. I wonder if that was the book that your *ahem* "friend" was referring to. The basis of this book is not necessarily to be nicer to the child, but to [I]pick your battles[/I] with the child. Many parents on this site have found great success with that book. When you have a child that has a meltdown when you tell them "time for bed" and an equal meltdown when you tell them "please throw your tissue away", you need these strategies to avoid as many meltdowns as possible. Glad you found us, sorry you had to. Do make a signature for yourself so we can get to know you better. Click the "user cp" button on the top left, then go to "signatures". Again, welcome. Warm hugs to you. [/QUOTE]
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