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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 309582" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>May I make a suggestion rls? </p><p></p><p>Don't pursuade him to go have blood draws. It's not your job as his parent to beg him to go or coerce him to go or plead with him to go. It's your job as a parent to say "We have an appointment tomorrow for the doctor." END of conversation. </p><p></p><p>Of course it's HIS job as a kid to say "But I don't want to go." </p><p></p><p>and at that point you can engage in conversation with him if you choose, but...bottom line - You're going. And you don't have to be militant like that either because that doesn't help one bit. </p><p></p><p>If you like to read I can suggest a really great book about effective communication that you and your partner can benefit from. It's about the best thing I've ever read on how to communicate with kids ever. I wish someone would have handed it to me when I was pregnant. Really. </p><p></p><p>I hope your time at the doctors today went well and I hope you get some answers. Do you think maybe since your partner works a lot your son is having problems with that? Do you think maybe the kids are giving him grief when they aren't in your earshot about his/your lifestyle and he's just not conveying that to you and maybe its causing frustration? </p><p></p><p>I dunno - he could just be a slow cycler. I'm really grasping at straws here. My son is 19 now and OMG there was NEVER a pattern to his cycles.....UGH....I think I'd just about get him figured out and WHAM......let's go the other way ------and wham.....no this ......no this.....no this......way......other......this.....and as a result I was mostly just too tired to think every day. </p><p></p><p>Let us know how it went today. Hugs Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 309582, member: 4964"] May I make a suggestion rls? Don't pursuade him to go have blood draws. It's not your job as his parent to beg him to go or coerce him to go or plead with him to go. It's your job as a parent to say "We have an appointment tomorrow for the doctor." END of conversation. Of course it's HIS job as a kid to say "But I don't want to go." and at that point you can engage in conversation with him if you choose, but...bottom line - You're going. And you don't have to be militant like that either because that doesn't help one bit. If you like to read I can suggest a really great book about effective communication that you and your partner can benefit from. It's about the best thing I've ever read on how to communicate with kids ever. I wish someone would have handed it to me when I was pregnant. Really. I hope your time at the doctors today went well and I hope you get some answers. Do you think maybe since your partner works a lot your son is having problems with that? Do you think maybe the kids are giving him grief when they aren't in your earshot about his/your lifestyle and he's just not conveying that to you and maybe its causing frustration? I dunno - he could just be a slow cycler. I'm really grasping at straws here. My son is 19 now and OMG there was NEVER a pattern to his cycles.....UGH....I think I'd just about get him figured out and WHAM......let's go the other way ------and wham.....no this ......no this.....no this......way......other......this.....and as a result I was mostly just too tired to think every day. Let us know how it went today. Hugs Star [/QUOTE]
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