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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 583074" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>WO,</p><p></p><p>Your day sounds similar to the day in and day out "garbage" husband and I experienced while difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 were growing up. in my humble opinion, maybe some of it has to do with sensory overload, being overly stimulated as Terry already mentioned. This was definitely the case with my difficult children, especially if they were having fun. It seemed like the more fun they had, the worse their behavior. It used to drive me to the "edge!!" </p><p></p><p>If difficult child 2 was in the middle of a "melt-down" and we were ignoring it, then he would begin shouting that he was going to kill himself. In his case it was just used as an attention getting tactic. Both difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 would call us, especially me, every derogatory word they could think of, shouting these hateful words on the top of their lungs. Like your difficult child, both difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 believed I was the cause of every bad thing in their lives and let me know this every time they "melted."</p><p></p><p>Both of my difficult children told me they were going to leave home, never come back. difficult child 2's attempts at this were comical (now, not then) as he would make a huge deal over leaving, walking down the stairs, taking his "puppet" with him, waiting for me to stop him. I used to tell him that if things were so miserable here, then I hoped he found another "family" to live with. difficult child 2 never carried through with his threats. on the other hand, difficult child 1's threats to leave were scary. He used to take off and we would be frantically worrying about him, scared out of our minds that something would happen to him.</p><p></p><p>On the positive side, your difficult child has come such a long way - No violence is a huge step in the right direction!! However, I totally understand how draining an episode like this is. I'm very glad he fell asleep early and you and husband had some quiet time to unwind. </p><p></p><p>Keeping my fingers crossed this isn't the beginning of "March Madness..." Thinking of you, hoping today is a better day... Hugs... SFR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 583074, member: 3388"] WO, Your day sounds similar to the day in and day out "garbage" husband and I experienced while difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 were growing up. in my humble opinion, maybe some of it has to do with sensory overload, being overly stimulated as Terry already mentioned. This was definitely the case with my difficult children, especially if they were having fun. It seemed like the more fun they had, the worse their behavior. It used to drive me to the "edge!!" If difficult child 2 was in the middle of a "melt-down" and we were ignoring it, then he would begin shouting that he was going to kill himself. In his case it was just used as an attention getting tactic. Both difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 would call us, especially me, every derogatory word they could think of, shouting these hateful words on the top of their lungs. Like your difficult child, both difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 believed I was the cause of every bad thing in their lives and let me know this every time they "melted." Both of my difficult children told me they were going to leave home, never come back. difficult child 2's attempts at this were comical (now, not then) as he would make a huge deal over leaving, walking down the stairs, taking his "puppet" with him, waiting for me to stop him. I used to tell him that if things were so miserable here, then I hoped he found another "family" to live with. difficult child 2 never carried through with his threats. on the other hand, difficult child 1's threats to leave were scary. He used to take off and we would be frantically worrying about him, scared out of our minds that something would happen to him. On the positive side, your difficult child has come such a long way - No violence is a huge step in the right direction!! However, I totally understand how draining an episode like this is. I'm very glad he fell asleep early and you and husband had some quiet time to unwind. Keeping my fingers crossed this isn't the beginning of "March Madness..." Thinking of you, hoping today is a better day... Hugs... SFR [/QUOTE]
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