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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 620392" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Janet, I hope to heaven you'll be using that belt on Cory. </p><p></p><p>I don't think you hate the little one and I don't think you're truly mad at her. Deep down you know she is too young to realize what she is doing. It's Cory you're furious with and your anger should rightfully be directed at him. </p><p></p><p>Two years ago I was dealing with the demon toddler from hades. The abrupt change from the sweet baby he once was nearly shocked me to death. I have dealt with many a difficult child of all levels over the years, but he was on a level all his own.........and it was obvious that it was not gfgdom. I had to constantly remind myself that it <strong>wasn't him</strong>, it was what he was being allowed to get away with. In the beginning it was really difficult not to be mad at him as we had our battle of wills that lasted literally months upon months. Finally, now that we have the rules established and he has got it through his head that Nana is not Mommy, we are rebuilding our relationship. His parents are waking up a bit to the behavior and improving, which helps. in my opinion there is nothing worse than spoiled rotten and allowed to run amok, not even gfgdom. Brandon is not back to the sweet baby he once was but he does at least now let down the "baby brat" routine so that I can enjoy him when I'm with him most of the time, which is certainly nice. Still have to keep an eye on him, especially when he is alone with other small kids, but a vast improvement. </p><p></p><p>Overcompensation regardless of reason <strong>always</strong> does more<strong> harm</strong> than <strong>good</strong>. </p><p></p><p>Sabine: Following Travis around all day every day regardless of where we were was my life until he reached about 8 yrs old. It comes with parenting a difficult child. Travis wasn't destructive, he was overly curious and didn't understand the concept of personal boundaries......which can be equally destructive, depending. The kids went everywhere we went. There were no other options. Fred and I didn't have a date night until the kids were all teens. </p><p></p><p>My kids could go to either grandmother's house, which both were filled with breakables within easy reach, and behave themselves. They could sit patiently in a doctor office waiting room for hours. They could behave in a store......and often looked at other children trying to wander, throwing tantrums, or what not as if they were aliens. Two out of 3 of my kids were difficult children, but they were well behaved difficult children. Even katie was well behaved with us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 620392, member: 84"] Janet, I hope to heaven you'll be using that belt on Cory. I don't think you hate the little one and I don't think you're truly mad at her. Deep down you know she is too young to realize what she is doing. It's Cory you're furious with and your anger should rightfully be directed at him. Two years ago I was dealing with the demon toddler from hades. The abrupt change from the sweet baby he once was nearly shocked me to death. I have dealt with many a difficult child of all levels over the years, but he was on a level all his own.........and it was obvious that it was not gfgdom. I had to constantly remind myself that it [B]wasn't him[/B], it was what he was being allowed to get away with. In the beginning it was really difficult not to be mad at him as we had our battle of wills that lasted literally months upon months. Finally, now that we have the rules established and he has got it through his head that Nana is not Mommy, we are rebuilding our relationship. His parents are waking up a bit to the behavior and improving, which helps. in my opinion there is nothing worse than spoiled rotten and allowed to run amok, not even gfgdom. Brandon is not back to the sweet baby he once was but he does at least now let down the "baby brat" routine so that I can enjoy him when I'm with him most of the time, which is certainly nice. Still have to keep an eye on him, especially when he is alone with other small kids, but a vast improvement. Overcompensation regardless of reason [B]always[/B] does more[B] harm[/B] than [B]good[/B]. Sabine: Following Travis around all day every day regardless of where we were was my life until he reached about 8 yrs old. It comes with parenting a difficult child. Travis wasn't destructive, he was overly curious and didn't understand the concept of personal boundaries......which can be equally destructive, depending. The kids went everywhere we went. There were no other options. Fred and I didn't have a date night until the kids were all teens. My kids could go to either grandmother's house, which both were filled with breakables within easy reach, and behave themselves. They could sit patiently in a doctor office waiting room for hours. They could behave in a store......and often looked at other children trying to wander, throwing tantrums, or what not as if they were aliens. Two out of 3 of my kids were difficult children, but they were well behaved difficult children. Even katie was well behaved with us. [/QUOTE]
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