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<blockquote data-quote="Liahona" data-source="post: 552328"><p>difficult child 1 would do this; want me to entertain him all the time, and I just couldn't. There are to many other kids that need my attention. So when he would start the whining and crying I would tell him a list of chores he could pick from or he could go to his room and play; all the chores would be somewhere close to me, so I could watch him. After a few years of this he learned to not demand that I entertain him. (Most of the time, once in a while he still does.) </p><p></p><p>We don't go many places. Just the logistics make it hard, so when we do go out it is a very big treat. Being left home with husband (because I'd never take all the kids without him) is a huge threat. Making everyone else miserable on an outing will get you either left home with husband or being sent back to the car to wait for everyone else with husband. And husband would not make it pleasant. So far just the threat has been enough. And its not just difficult child 1 that gets that threat it is any one who is making the outing hard for everyone else. </p><p></p><p>Just what works for our very not normal family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Liahona, post: 552328"] difficult child 1 would do this; want me to entertain him all the time, and I just couldn't. There are to many other kids that need my attention. So when he would start the whining and crying I would tell him a list of chores he could pick from or he could go to his room and play; all the chores would be somewhere close to me, so I could watch him. After a few years of this he learned to not demand that I entertain him. (Most of the time, once in a while he still does.) We don't go many places. Just the logistics make it hard, so when we do go out it is a very big treat. Being left home with husband (because I'd never take all the kids without him) is a huge threat. Making everyone else miserable on an outing will get you either left home with husband or being sent back to the car to wait for everyone else with husband. And husband would not make it pleasant. So far just the threat has been enough. And its not just difficult child 1 that gets that threat it is any one who is making the outing hard for everyone else. Just what works for our very not normal family. [/QUOTE]
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