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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 367375" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>First... Welcome! Glad to have you here though sorry you have to be here - if that makes any sense at all.</p><p> </p><p>I'll be honest I don't have a magic wand (closest I've got is a giant Pixy Stix, but that doesn't work very well). Nor do I have a fix-it pill or even many answers. What I do have is experience... You could be talking about my Onyxx.</p><p> </p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/grrr.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grrr:" title="grrr :grrr:" data-shortname=":grrr:" /></p><p>Ya know, I have heard variations on this so many times it's not even funny. It's almost impossible to be consistent with parenting when you cannot foresee everything that's going to happen. You can try all you like, but unless you're FORCING the child to made the bad decisions (yeah, SURE you are), he has to learn accountability sometime. And ya know what? His own bad decisions will result in consequences. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Onyxx doesn't GET why it is bad to just TAKE what she wants from anyone else... And why she doesn't GET that she spent a week in juvie because she FAILED A DRUG TEST while on probation! She has bugged us repeatedly to call her PO to get her off house arrest. If it were up to me, she'd be in treatment RIGHT NOW.</p><p> </p><p>So... I know others who know more than me will be along, but I wanted to welcome you to the family!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 367375, member: 6705"] First... Welcome! Glad to have you here though sorry you have to be here - if that makes any sense at all. I'll be honest I don't have a magic wand (closest I've got is a giant Pixy Stix, but that doesn't work very well). Nor do I have a fix-it pill or even many answers. What I do have is experience... You could be talking about my Onyxx. :grrr: Ya know, I have heard variations on this so many times it's not even funny. It's almost impossible to be consistent with parenting when you cannot foresee everything that's going to happen. You can try all you like, but unless you're FORCING the child to made the bad decisions (yeah, SURE you are), he has to learn accountability sometime. And ya know what? His own bad decisions will result in consequences. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that Onyxx doesn't GET why it is bad to just TAKE what she wants from anyone else... And why she doesn't GET that she spent a week in juvie because she FAILED A DRUG TEST while on probation! She has bugged us repeatedly to call her PO to get her off house arrest. If it were up to me, she'd be in treatment RIGHT NOW. So... I know others who know more than me will be along, but I wanted to welcome you to the family! [/QUOTE]
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