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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 215728" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Thanks, ML &Terry! </p><p></p><p>Now this is turning into a real vent.... it's the way this transpires every morning that has me fuming, too. And, convinced that difficult child is just giving into it too much.</p><p></p><p>First, his alarm goes off at 7:25. He turns the alarm off. Then, I go in his room at 7:35 and nicely tell him it's time to get up and he nicely says ok. I make sure he's really awake and tell him not to fall back to sleep and that if he gets up right away, he can take the bus to school and have time to eat breakfast and I can get to work at a good time. difficult child says ok, that he's getting up and he sits up. Then, I go back to his room at 7:45-7:50 and sternly say "difficult child, you told me you were getting up" and he says "I am" and I tell him again that he has to get up right away because now I need to take him to school - he has missed the bus. He says that I'm very annoying and that if I'd just get out of his room and quit yelling at him that he would get up and he throws his "don't talk to me" hand up and tells me to get out of his room and leave him alone and he'll get up. Then, at 8:00, I go tell him that he has to have clothes on and be ready to leave in 5 mins in order to be to school on time. He yells out ok. Then, at 8:10 I go to his room and I'm mad and I say you are late, difficult child, and he says "I don;'t feel good". And, I just shake my head and turn around and walk away. This has resulted after a couple of weeks of trying CPS talking, removing tv and game stuff to make sure he isn't getting up playing during the night, offering motivations, etc.</p><p></p><p>Odoc told difficult child yesterday that if he starts getting up and just doing his best daily, it will help him to feel better, and I firmly agree. But difficult child doesn't appear to be making any effort in this respect. Truthfully, I do understand the feelings. What I don't understand is the lack of difficult child's understanding that he has to make some effort in order for this to go away and get better. That continuing on this way just digs him in deeper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 215728, member: 3699"] Thanks, ML &Terry! Now this is turning into a real vent.... it's the way this transpires every morning that has me fuming, too. And, convinced that difficult child is just giving into it too much. First, his alarm goes off at 7:25. He turns the alarm off. Then, I go in his room at 7:35 and nicely tell him it's time to get up and he nicely says ok. I make sure he's really awake and tell him not to fall back to sleep and that if he gets up right away, he can take the bus to school and have time to eat breakfast and I can get to work at a good time. difficult child says ok, that he's getting up and he sits up. Then, I go back to his room at 7:45-7:50 and sternly say "difficult child, you told me you were getting up" and he says "I am" and I tell him again that he has to get up right away because now I need to take him to school - he has missed the bus. He says that I'm very annoying and that if I'd just get out of his room and quit yelling at him that he would get up and he throws his "don't talk to me" hand up and tells me to get out of his room and leave him alone and he'll get up. Then, at 8:00, I go tell him that he has to have clothes on and be ready to leave in 5 mins in order to be to school on time. He yells out ok. Then, at 8:10 I go to his room and I'm mad and I say you are late, difficult child, and he says "I don;'t feel good". And, I just shake my head and turn around and walk away. This has resulted after a couple of weeks of trying CPS talking, removing tv and game stuff to make sure he isn't getting up playing during the night, offering motivations, etc. Odoc told difficult child yesterday that if he starts getting up and just doing his best daily, it will help him to feel better, and I firmly agree. But difficult child doesn't appear to be making any effort in this respect. Truthfully, I do understand the feelings. What I don't understand is the lack of difficult child's understanding that he has to make some effort in order for this to go away and get better. That continuing on this way just digs him in deeper. [/QUOTE]
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