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The patience of a saint
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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 532051" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I appreciate the points you all make. However, what I perhaps haven't made sufficiently clear is that J NEEDS, absolutely needs, a lot of physical exercise every day. The long bike rides, the walks, the trips to the places where kids jump all over structures and slides (don't know what you call them in the States), the tennis, gym and roller skating, are necessary to him. That said, I'm sure when we do the outdoor stuff and THEN something else, he is overloaded somewhere. </p><p>On that particular day, he hadn't done anything before the bike ride (which was very short, by his standards) except... watch films on the computer. And, to my mind, if anything is the culprit for creating his opositionality it is this... If I had my way, he wouldn't watch TV or DVDs at all. But that's not realistic or possible. So, we have a compromise - he only watches on Saturday and Sunday. But, if I think about it, he does get quite aggressive and difficult after watching...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 532051, member: 11227"] I appreciate the points you all make. However, what I perhaps haven't made sufficiently clear is that J NEEDS, absolutely needs, a lot of physical exercise every day. The long bike rides, the walks, the trips to the places where kids jump all over structures and slides (don't know what you call them in the States), the tennis, gym and roller skating, are necessary to him. That said, I'm sure when we do the outdoor stuff and THEN something else, he is overloaded somewhere. On that particular day, he hadn't done anything before the bike ride (which was very short, by his standards) except... watch films on the computer. And, to my mind, if anything is the culprit for creating his opositionality it is this... If I had my way, he wouldn't watch TV or DVDs at all. But that's not realistic or possible. So, we have a compromise - he only watches on Saturday and Sunday. But, if I think about it, he does get quite aggressive and difficult after watching... [/QUOTE]
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