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for those with difficult child and easy child's...discipline question
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 431853" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #483d8b">And in the end? When they're all grown up and better portion of the difficult child and easy child life is behind them? Well, in many families they switch things up a bit---just to keep mom on her toes!</span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b"></span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b">Seriously, this really happened: all within the time frame of ONE week this past winter, both easy child and difficult child told me, on completely separate occasions, that they each thought the other was my favorite and that I was closer to the other....bahahahaaaaaa. I literally just laughed in their silly mini adult faces. </span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b"></span></p><p><span style="color: #483d8b">My point is that no matter how you parent them, whether the same or differently, kids will always think you are not fair or favoring their sibling, easy child or difficult child. Find a method you are comfortable with and stick to it...be consistent. If that stops working, find another method. You can be honest with them, i.e., easy child cleaned her room so she gets to go to the circus....difficult child didn't clean his room, so he's stuck at home all day....and when difficult child screams that's not fair, ask him what he was supposed to do and make him figure out why you are being fair. I know that's a simplistic analogy, but hopefully you get the idea. It's late and I'm not at my peak...big hugs, don't give up.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 431853, member: 2211"] [COLOR="#483d8b"]And in the end? When they're all grown up and better portion of the difficult child and easy child life is behind them? Well, in many families they switch things up a bit---just to keep mom on her toes! Seriously, this really happened: all within the time frame of ONE week this past winter, both easy child and difficult child told me, on completely separate occasions, that they each thought the other was my favorite and that I was closer to the other....bahahahaaaaaa. I literally just laughed in their silly mini adult faces. My point is that no matter how you parent them, whether the same or differently, kids will always think you are not fair or favoring their sibling, easy child or difficult child. Find a method you are comfortable with and stick to it...be consistent. If that stops working, find another method. You can be honest with them, i.e., easy child cleaned her room so she gets to go to the circus....difficult child didn't clean his room, so he's stuck at home all day....and when difficult child screams that's not fair, ask him what he was supposed to do and make him figure out why you are being fair. I know that's a simplistic analogy, but hopefully you get the idea. It's late and I'm not at my peak...big hugs, don't give up.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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