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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 300126" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>You guys are the best! Thanks so much for listening and offering advice....</p><p> </p><p>The most frustrating part of all of this, of course, is the fact that we thought we had done a good job preparing difficult child for school. I had asked both children to please bring out everything they planned on wearing for school this year so that we could ensure that they each had plenty of everything, and that any item ripped, torn, too small or whatever was culled from the wardrobe. As a result of this "wardrobe preview" we discovered that DS was short on decent pants and sneakers....so no problem! A-shopping we go. </p><p> </p><p>difficult child, meanwhile, was double-stocked on EVERYTHING and so we just added new jeans and tops to the mix. AND she actually <em>does</em> own several favorite items that are <em>nearly identical--</em>so if one dark blue tee is in the wash, she should be able to wear the other one. The fact that clothing is continuing to be a problem is MIND-BOGGLING. It makes me think it's really not a clothing issue at all...</p><p> </p><p>And that short skirt (and other hussy-wear ) that she screamed about? For all of her yelling and screaming, she even refuses to wear THAT. husband had actually offered her that particular skirt this morning as a <em>compromise</em> to get her to put on something clean. <em>Here, why don't you wear this skirt you love so much?</em></p><p> </p><p>The school supplies battle went the same way. difficult child is in high school now--so I knew there wouldn't really be a "supply list" until the first day of class. She kept yelling that we needed to go shopping for her supplies. I said we WOULD--the first week of class. Then even though this kid never likes bringing home books or homework, she decided she couldn't go to school without a particular bookbag (never mind that it was teeny-tiny AND she has a perfectly good backpack already) so she fussed and fought about that.</p><p> </p><p>So when we finally got the supply list--it turned out that the notebooks and such that I had already stocked up on were plenty. So the only thing she says she needs now is a "thumb drive". Well, I never heard of a "thumb drive" so we asked if the teacher didn't mean a "flash drive"---and she's yelling and yelling that she needs a "thumb drive". ???? I'd be happy to buy it, if I knew what it was....</p><p> </p><p>So I'm not sure if this is a "choose your battles" situation as much as it is a "difficult child is going to take every opportunity to be difficult" situation.</p><p> </p><p>by the way--if anyone is familiar with a "thumb drive"....please let me know what it is that I'm supposed to be buying.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you!</p><p> </p><p>--DaisyF</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 300126, member: 6546"] You guys are the best! Thanks so much for listening and offering advice.... The most frustrating part of all of this, of course, is the fact that we thought we had done a good job preparing difficult child for school. I had asked both children to please bring out everything they planned on wearing for school this year so that we could ensure that they each had plenty of everything, and that any item ripped, torn, too small or whatever was culled from the wardrobe. As a result of this "wardrobe preview" we discovered that DS was short on decent pants and sneakers....so no problem! A-shopping we go. difficult child, meanwhile, was double-stocked on EVERYTHING and so we just added new jeans and tops to the mix. AND she actually [I]does[/I] own several favorite items that are [I]nearly identical--[/I]so if one dark blue tee is in the wash, she should be able to wear the other one. The fact that clothing is continuing to be a problem is MIND-BOGGLING. It makes me think it's really not a clothing issue at all... And that short skirt (and other hussy-wear ) that she screamed about? For all of her yelling and screaming, she even refuses to wear THAT. husband had actually offered her that particular skirt this morning as a [I]compromise[/I] to get her to put on something clean. [I]Here, why don't you wear this skirt you love so much?[/I] The school supplies battle went the same way. difficult child is in high school now--so I knew there wouldn't really be a "supply list" until the first day of class. She kept yelling that we needed to go shopping for her supplies. I said we WOULD--the first week of class. Then even though this kid never likes bringing home books or homework, she decided she couldn't go to school without a particular bookbag (never mind that it was teeny-tiny AND she has a perfectly good backpack already) so she fussed and fought about that. So when we finally got the supply list--it turned out that the notebooks and such that I had already stocked up on were plenty. So the only thing she says she needs now is a "thumb drive". Well, I never heard of a "thumb drive" so we asked if the teacher didn't mean a "flash drive"---and she's yelling and yelling that she needs a "thumb drive". ???? I'd be happy to buy it, if I knew what it was.... So I'm not sure if this is a "choose your battles" situation as much as it is a "difficult child is going to take every opportunity to be difficult" situation. by the way--if anyone is familiar with a "thumb drive"....please let me know what it is that I'm supposed to be buying. Thank you! --DaisyF [/QUOTE]
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