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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 229050" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Sharon, I'm so sorry that your difficult child is running his mouth. They truly can say the most horrible hurtful things. </p><p></p><p>The only thing I've ever found that works even a little bit is to tell my difficult child, "When you speak to me like that I don't want to be around you. I need to cool off and don't want any interaction from you for at least ?? hours" </p><p></p><p>I would pick a number of hours based on how horrible he was being. Sometimes it would be the rest of the day, just because I needed the time to cool off lest I let loose with my own sharp tongue.</p><p></p><p>This thread has got me thinking...</p><p>Although difficult child's not adopted, I am his stepmom. His egg donor treated him terribly, and walked out of his life several years ago without a backward glance. I think a lot of difficult child's vitriol is testing me to see how far he has to push before I walk away too.</p><p></p><p>Although...I do like the duct tape idea as well <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 229050, member: 3907"] Sharon, I'm so sorry that your difficult child is running his mouth. They truly can say the most horrible hurtful things. The only thing I've ever found that works even a little bit is to tell my difficult child, "When you speak to me like that I don't want to be around you. I need to cool off and don't want any interaction from you for at least ?? hours" I would pick a number of hours based on how horrible he was being. Sometimes it would be the rest of the day, just because I needed the time to cool off lest I let loose with my own sharp tongue. This thread has got me thinking... Although difficult child's not adopted, I am his stepmom. His egg donor treated him terribly, and walked out of his life several years ago without a backward glance. I think a lot of difficult child's vitriol is testing me to see how far he has to push before I walk away too. Although...I do like the duct tape idea as well :raspberry-tounge:. [/QUOTE]
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