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I think I just got the terrible mother of the day award...
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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 562318"><p>I think we can all say that we've been there and done that. We've all completely lost it with our kids and that's because we, just like our difficult children, are human and not perfect. Don't beat yourself up over it. IT happened. You apologized to her. Now it's time to move on.</p><p></p><p>I have a question the meal situation. You said that you've told her that she can make a PB&J sandwich if she is unhappy with the meal that you've made, but that she would wind up making herself nachos. I kow it's not the best thing for her, but is that really so bad? In our house the rule is that I make one dinner. Eat it. Don't eat it. I don't care. If you don't want it and you want to make yourself something else, that's fine as long as you clean up your mess afterwards. Luckily, it's not a problem that we've encountered too many times because difficult child is a human vacuum when it comes to food and he'll usually eat what I make, but we have had a few times where he had a fit about it. </p><p></p><p>As far as the girls sharing clothes, I think that's too much to ask of teenaged girls in general. If you buy new sock/underwear/shirts for easy child, put them in easy child's room and do not give difficult child the chance to get to them, but also make sure that difficult child has new things when she needs them, too. I don't have the clothes issue as mine are boys and 5 years apart, but I am a firm believer that they each need to have their own stuff. I have a twin sister and even though we shared a room, we had our own dressers with our own clothes. And if they have desks in their rooms, or something along those lines, a makeup mirror in each of their rooms is a great idea. It will keep the out of each other's way when they are primping.</p><p></p><p>Today will be a better day. Have faith in yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 562318"] I think we can all say that we've been there and done that. We've all completely lost it with our kids and that's because we, just like our difficult children, are human and not perfect. Don't beat yourself up over it. IT happened. You apologized to her. Now it's time to move on. I have a question the meal situation. You said that you've told her that she can make a PB&J sandwich if she is unhappy with the meal that you've made, but that she would wind up making herself nachos. I kow it's not the best thing for her, but is that really so bad? In our house the rule is that I make one dinner. Eat it. Don't eat it. I don't care. If you don't want it and you want to make yourself something else, that's fine as long as you clean up your mess afterwards. Luckily, it's not a problem that we've encountered too many times because difficult child is a human vacuum when it comes to food and he'll usually eat what I make, but we have had a few times where he had a fit about it. As far as the girls sharing clothes, I think that's too much to ask of teenaged girls in general. If you buy new sock/underwear/shirts for easy child, put them in easy child's room and do not give difficult child the chance to get to them, but also make sure that difficult child has new things when she needs them, too. I don't have the clothes issue as mine are boys and 5 years apart, but I am a firm believer that they each need to have their own stuff. I have a twin sister and even though we shared a room, we had our own dressers with our own clothes. And if they have desks in their rooms, or something along those lines, a makeup mirror in each of their rooms is a great idea. It will keep the out of each other's way when they are primping. Today will be a better day. Have faith in yourself. [/QUOTE]
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