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I thought this was supposed to be "No Meltdown Monday"?
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 178899" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Oh, wait a minute KLMNO -- I never said ANYTHING about keeping my head! I lost it on NUMEROUS occasions yesterday!</p><p> </p><p>And yes, Linda, if I scream loud enough, I find even the most oppositional difficult child will bow to my will. I don't like that part about myself. I am much, much, MUCH better than I used to be, though.</p><p> </p><p>I wish I'd handled things differently yesterday. I was very much in Plan/Basket "A" mode... but then, the difficult child's were not oppositional or explosive, just annoying and bugging the crud out of eachother AND me. Thus my meltdown.</p><p> </p><p>So no, I didn't have to calm any kids down -- I had to calm myself down! But they were all pretty cooperative for a few hours after experiencing the Wrath of Mom. </p><p> </p><p>husband put a TV in each difficult child's bedroom last weekend as a strategy to isolate them when things get out of control, like they frequently have this summer. I have to say his plan worked pretty well last night. And they all went to bed without much hassle! As much as I'm against having them holed up in their rooms with a TV, it was really, really nice to have a fairly quiet evening for a change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 178899, member: 3444"] Oh, wait a minute KLMNO -- I never said ANYTHING about keeping my head! I lost it on NUMEROUS occasions yesterday! And yes, Linda, if I scream loud enough, I find even the most oppositional difficult child will bow to my will. I don't like that part about myself. I am much, much, MUCH better than I used to be, though. I wish I'd handled things differently yesterday. I was very much in Plan/Basket "A" mode... but then, the difficult child's were not oppositional or explosive, just annoying and bugging the crud out of eachother AND me. Thus my meltdown. So no, I didn't have to calm any kids down -- I had to calm myself down! But they were all pretty cooperative for a few hours after experiencing the Wrath of Mom. husband put a TV in each difficult child's bedroom last weekend as a strategy to isolate them when things get out of control, like they frequently have this summer. I have to say his plan worked pretty well last night. And they all went to bed without much hassle! As much as I'm against having them holed up in their rooms with a TV, it was really, really nice to have a fairly quiet evening for a change. [/QUOTE]
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