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difficult child 1 back from camp three days and he's already ticking me off...
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 296830" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You can do the cord removal, and the other things, but my kids/husband always managed to find or borrow cables/cords and get the things plugged in with-in 24 hours. It used to drive me crazy.</p><p></p><p>Taking a knife or scissors and CUTTING the cord off makes a real STATEMENT and has wonderful "I am NOT HAPPY" impact. It also keeps the kids from searching out replacement cords. And the impact even works on husband's!</p><p></p><p>I used to have to cope with husband spending every waking moment at home on the computer. If anyone spoke to him he would have a tantrum like a 2yo.</p><p></p><p>It happened about once a year. After a full week of him tantrumming I gave a warning and then I would take the keyboard and mouse away. He only once got replacement ones. I broke the keyboard in half. That was the last time we had it happen. It just takes a lot to get through my husband.</p><p></p><p>I think you are on the right footing. </p><p></p><p>You may need to be "GCV Family - Unplugged" for a while. Take a whole week and turn off the tv, videogames, anything with a screen. Relearn to play games, chat, do projects, and spend time doing things with-o electronic interference.</p><p></p><p>It has a few days of tantrums and then the miracles happen. You start to spend time doing things together and having fun again.</p><p></p><p>It is eye opening if you can stick to your guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 296830, member: 1233"] You can do the cord removal, and the other things, but my kids/husband always managed to find or borrow cables/cords and get the things plugged in with-in 24 hours. It used to drive me crazy. Taking a knife or scissors and CUTTING the cord off makes a real STATEMENT and has wonderful "I am NOT HAPPY" impact. It also keeps the kids from searching out replacement cords. And the impact even works on husband's! I used to have to cope with husband spending every waking moment at home on the computer. If anyone spoke to him he would have a tantrum like a 2yo. It happened about once a year. After a full week of him tantrumming I gave a warning and then I would take the keyboard and mouse away. He only once got replacement ones. I broke the keyboard in half. That was the last time we had it happen. It just takes a lot to get through my husband. I think you are on the right footing. You may need to be "GCV Family - Unplugged" for a while. Take a whole week and turn off the tv, videogames, anything with a screen. Relearn to play games, chat, do projects, and spend time doing things with-o electronic interference. It has a few days of tantrums and then the miracles happen. You start to spend time doing things together and having fun again. It is eye opening if you can stick to your guns. [/QUOTE]
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