I am with difficult child 1 at a sport tournament this weekend that she is competing in. It is a 6 hour drive from home. She was melting down the night before we left, which I expected. She would not pack and started to get physical with me. Blocking my way to keep me contained in a hallway, grabbing my clothes when I tried to pack my stuff. I eventually just got in bed. She would not let me turn off the light in my room (physically blocking me from the light switch) so I just got in bed anyway. She then took a aersol can of air freshener from the bathroom and sprayed it at my face from a couple of feet away. Luckily it did not get in my eyes but I had to get out of bed because the smell was so overwhelming and I could not breathe there. I was very upset and crying a bit. She knows that I was very upset with her. We had been planning to go to an amusement park after the tournament but I told her that she lost that priveldge and needs to earn it back during the trip (hard to cancel all together because there is a sibling involved). She was fine during the car ride.
I need to figure out how to stop her from getting physical with me.
I need to figure out how to stop her from getting physical with me.