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therapy appointment today and other things that went bad...
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<blockquote data-quote="ksm" data-source="post: 584741" data-attributes="member: 12511"><p>light bulb moment... Took easy child to 7th grade, difficult child left the back seat and moved to the front seat. I am driving several blocks away and see she hasn't put on her seat belt. Then it hits me. Everyday this week I have had to tell her to buckle up. She will be 15 next week. We have had custody for about 10 years. We are very safety conscience... you would think it would be a habit. But no. I have to tell her over and over. No one sees this side of her... it is not a terrible behavior... but just not something you would expect at this age. It is not being defiant because she doesn't want to wear it... she just doesn't remember to do it. Just how it takes her 4 days to finish one load of clothes. First you leave them in the washer over night, then the next day I remind her they need to go in the dryer. Then even with reminders and refluffing them, they are still in the dryer. Finally the clothes makes it to the laundry basket. Does she fold or hang up? No she wants to leave them in the basket for later. Then it finally get taken up to her room, where she grabs something to wear, it is a wrinkled mess, she tries it on, it looks bad, it gets thrown on the floor, eventually thrown back in with the dirty clothes and the vicious cycle starts all over again! </p><p></p><p>I am not a clean freak, but I am one to want to use the least amount of energy (mine and $$) to get a job done. Why go to the basement laundry room multiple times to get one thing out of the dryer, or to take one wet item from the washer and dry it - but not the rest of the load. I don't know how she will survive in the real world in a few years. But I know my life will be easier!! KSM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ksm, post: 584741, member: 12511"] light bulb moment... Took easy child to 7th grade, difficult child left the back seat and moved to the front seat. I am driving several blocks away and see she hasn't put on her seat belt. Then it hits me. Everyday this week I have had to tell her to buckle up. She will be 15 next week. We have had custody for about 10 years. We are very safety conscience... you would think it would be a habit. But no. I have to tell her over and over. No one sees this side of her... it is not a terrible behavior... but just not something you would expect at this age. It is not being defiant because she doesn't want to wear it... she just doesn't remember to do it. Just how it takes her 4 days to finish one load of clothes. First you leave them in the washer over night, then the next day I remind her they need to go in the dryer. Then even with reminders and refluffing them, they are still in the dryer. Finally the clothes makes it to the laundry basket. Does she fold or hang up? No she wants to leave them in the basket for later. Then it finally get taken up to her room, where she grabs something to wear, it is a wrinkled mess, she tries it on, it looks bad, it gets thrown on the floor, eventually thrown back in with the dirty clothes and the vicious cycle starts all over again! I am not a clean freak, but I am one to want to use the least amount of energy (mine and $$) to get a job done. Why go to the basement laundry room multiple times to get one thing out of the dryer, or to take one wet item from the washer and dry it - but not the rest of the load. I don't know how she will survive in the real world in a few years. But I know my life will be easier!! KSM [/QUOTE]
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