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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila" data-source="post: 100299" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Pre-planning is not my difficult child's strong suit either. He tends to still think that the Universe revolves solely around his "wants" and "needs." Sigh.... </p><p></p><p>As frustrating as it is, I try to use these type situations as a teaching tool for difficult child, e.g., "How could you have handled that differently in order to get a different outcome?"</p><p></p><p>We had a couple of parallel instances come up recently. Not long ago difficult child arrived home and wants to go to a school dance the following night. Couldn't answer any questions about it. Who's sponsoring it? How many adults will be there? Any waundering around outside allowed? What time does it start? What time does it end? yadda, yadda Answers: Don't know, don't know, don't know.... </p><p></p><p>Not two weeks later he arrives home on a Friday from school and wants to go to an overnight lock-in at a Church. Same questions from parents, same answers from difficult child -- he didn't even know what Church so we could call and get questions answered.</p><p></p><p>Earth to difficult child: don't wait until the last minute.... It's like beating my head against a brick wall.</p><p></p><p>Glad you were able to make all your connections. Exhausting for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila, post: 100299, member: 23"] Pre-planning is not my difficult child's strong suit either. He tends to still think that the Universe revolves solely around his "wants" and "needs." Sigh.... As frustrating as it is, I try to use these type situations as a teaching tool for difficult child, e.g., "How could you have handled that differently in order to get a different outcome?" We had a couple of parallel instances come up recently. Not long ago difficult child arrived home and wants to go to a school dance the following night. Couldn't answer any questions about it. Who's sponsoring it? How many adults will be there? Any waundering around outside allowed? What time does it start? What time does it end? yadda, yadda Answers: Don't know, don't know, don't know.... Not two weeks later he arrives home on a Friday from school and wants to go to an overnight lock-in at a Church. Same questions from parents, same answers from difficult child -- he didn't even know what Church so we could call and get questions answered. Earth to difficult child: don't wait until the last minute.... It's like beating my head against a brick wall. Glad you were able to make all your connections. Exhausting for sure. [/QUOTE]
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