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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 557675" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I think it really depends on what you are talking about. Are you talking about physical stuff like one tripping the other just to get a reaction out of the other?</p><p></p><p>We had a huge problem where Cory couldnt walk by Jamie for years without Jamie somehow tripping, pushing, saying something snide under his breath, something...just to get Cory to react and go off and then Cory ended up being in trouble because of his huge over the top reaction and Jamie would sit there on the couch like "who me?" We normally didnt catch Jamie in the act. We just knew it was going on. I begged Cory to not react so I could catch Jamie and punish him for what he did but Cory simply wasnt capable of doing that. </p><p></p><p>I used to finally send them outside to work out their issues by themselves and not come back inside until someone was either bloody or dead. I didnt much care which. Now they knew I didnt quite mean that but they would go outside and argue for a bit but finally got bored doing that and found something they wanted to do together. </p><p></p><p>Now if its something else entirely like they are taking each others stuff then I think I would make them give it back, write a letter of apology and then also give something else of their own or a monetary fine to the offended party as restitution. If they have used the item up...say gum, candy or whatever, then they have to give back twice the cost of the product along with the letter. </p><p></p><p>If they are arguing, maybe they need to study in their home schooling a unit on empathy. Cory never quite understood how we felt about being stolen from by him until a friend of his broke into his home and stole from him. Then he got a taste of what it felt like to have someone you trusted break that trust. he actually apologized to me and said he couldnt imagine how much worse it would be for the person who stole to be your own child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 557675, member: 1514"] I think it really depends on what you are talking about. Are you talking about physical stuff like one tripping the other just to get a reaction out of the other? We had a huge problem where Cory couldnt walk by Jamie for years without Jamie somehow tripping, pushing, saying something snide under his breath, something...just to get Cory to react and go off and then Cory ended up being in trouble because of his huge over the top reaction and Jamie would sit there on the couch like "who me?" We normally didnt catch Jamie in the act. We just knew it was going on. I begged Cory to not react so I could catch Jamie and punish him for what he did but Cory simply wasnt capable of doing that. I used to finally send them outside to work out their issues by themselves and not come back inside until someone was either bloody or dead. I didnt much care which. Now they knew I didnt quite mean that but they would go outside and argue for a bit but finally got bored doing that and found something they wanted to do together. Now if its something else entirely like they are taking each others stuff then I think I would make them give it back, write a letter of apology and then also give something else of their own or a monetary fine to the offended party as restitution. If they have used the item up...say gum, candy or whatever, then they have to give back twice the cost of the product along with the letter. If they are arguing, maybe they need to study in their home schooling a unit on empathy. Cory never quite understood how we felt about being stolen from by him until a friend of his broke into his home and stole from him. Then he got a taste of what it felt like to have someone you trusted break that trust. he actually apologized to me and said he couldnt imagine how much worse it would be for the person who stole to be your own child. [/QUOTE]
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