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<blockquote data-quote="TiredSoul" data-source="post: 195305" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>Allan,</p><p>Thanks for your reply. The first link you provided did not work. Are you referring to The Explosive Child and the CPS model? I have read it, and have tried it. I think to be really honest with myself - I felt too exhausted to keep it up. <strong>Everything </strong>felt like a negotiation. Sometimes I would just like to say "No we can't drop everything and go to the store right now to get what you want - and I don't know when we will". My difficult child is a classic example of someone who gets stuck on something and cannot let it go. Last night it was about going to the store and getting some glow in the dark paint. He absolutely freaked out when I said we could not go (I was cooking dinner). I kept trying to explain, etc, but it just kept getting worse.</p><p></p><p>So although the book helped me understand my son better and that he does not choose to be this way - I don't know how I can possibly use this model for every single thing that doesn't go his way. I feel like my entire existance revolves around my difficult child and it is sucking the life out of me. I don't feel like I have anything left to give to my husband or my other child or myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiredSoul, post: 195305, member: 3930"] Allan, Thanks for your reply. The first link you provided did not work. Are you referring to The Explosive Child and the CPS model? I have read it, and have tried it. I think to be really honest with myself - I felt too exhausted to keep it up. [B]Everything [/B]felt like a negotiation. Sometimes I would just like to say "No we can't drop everything and go to the store right now to get what you want - and I don't know when we will". My difficult child is a classic example of someone who gets stuck on something and cannot let it go. Last night it was about going to the store and getting some glow in the dark paint. He absolutely freaked out when I said we could not go (I was cooking dinner). I kept trying to explain, etc, but it just kept getting worse. So although the book helped me understand my son better and that he does not choose to be this way - I don't know how I can possibly use this model for every single thing that doesn't go his way. I feel like my entire existance revolves around my difficult child and it is sucking the life out of me. I don't feel like I have anything left to give to my husband or my other child or myself. [/QUOTE]
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