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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 541989" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Then I'm at a dead end. I can deal with-easy child. She'll argue, but we'll get there. Sometimes she's a typical teen ... such as the many times she left her shoes on the floor for me to trip over, and finally, one night, I'd had it, and I screamed at her, opened the back door, and flung the shoes into the woods.</p><p>She's still mad at me for that. There is still one shoe out there somewhere. But she doesn't do it any more. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>husband, on the other hand, will talk to her and tell her he doesn't like it and then pick them up for her. Same for difficult child. Then he'll b*tch and moan to me and now, I just put up my hand and walk away and tell him he had his chance to talk to the person directly and he missed it.</p><p></p><p>He's not happy with-me lately.</p><p></p><p>The other problem is, difficult child will not respect me unless there is someone to back it up. He has many times sneered, "You have to call Dad or a friend to deal with-me because I'm too big for you. How sad is that?"</p><p>Pretty sad, I'd say.</p><p></p><p>So I take away the TV cord (games) and turn off the Internet. easy child and husband complain.</p><p></p><p>I guess from now on, they can use the Internet at Starbucks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> There's more than one way to skin a cat. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, we have a very sick little boy here and he's not getting the help and consistency he needs. He did a bunch of chores for me this a.m. and even massaged my neck (I have shingles on my ribcage) and so I rewarded him with-the TV cord. I am going to have to take it away again because he didn't do the vacuuming I told him to do, and has not done a single thing to earn back the money he owes us. He has no initiative and we have tried to teach him, but it's like his brain is empty sometimes. I have to go door-to-door with-him. Not easy to do in 98 degree heat, with-shingles, Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>easy child took him to the dentist today and got a $200 mouth appliance, so that helped. He grinds his teeth so much at night that the pointy parts of his molarsth are level with-the inside of the tooth! </p><p></p><p>In regard to $, I will post another thread on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 541989, member: 3419"] Then I'm at a dead end. I can deal with-easy child. She'll argue, but we'll get there. Sometimes she's a typical teen ... such as the many times she left her shoes on the floor for me to trip over, and finally, one night, I'd had it, and I screamed at her, opened the back door, and flung the shoes into the woods. She's still mad at me for that. There is still one shoe out there somewhere. But she doesn't do it any more. :) husband, on the other hand, will talk to her and tell her he doesn't like it and then pick them up for her. Same for difficult child. Then he'll b*tch and moan to me and now, I just put up my hand and walk away and tell him he had his chance to talk to the person directly and he missed it. He's not happy with-me lately. The other problem is, difficult child will not respect me unless there is someone to back it up. He has many times sneered, "You have to call Dad or a friend to deal with-me because I'm too big for you. How sad is that?" Pretty sad, I'd say. So I take away the TV cord (games) and turn off the Internet. easy child and husband complain. I guess from now on, they can use the Internet at Starbucks. :) There's more than one way to skin a cat. :) Meanwhile, we have a very sick little boy here and he's not getting the help and consistency he needs. He did a bunch of chores for me this a.m. and even massaged my neck (I have shingles on my ribcage) and so I rewarded him with-the TV cord. I am going to have to take it away again because he didn't do the vacuuming I told him to do, and has not done a single thing to earn back the money he owes us. He has no initiative and we have tried to teach him, but it's like his brain is empty sometimes. I have to go door-to-door with-him. Not easy to do in 98 degree heat, with-shingles, Know what I mean?? easy child took him to the dentist today and got a $200 mouth appliance, so that helped. He grinds his teeth so much at night that the pointy parts of his molarsth are level with-the inside of the tooth! In regard to $, I will post another thread on that. [/QUOTE]
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