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Ever felt like letting difficult child's just go at eachother?
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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 320297" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>My wife tells about her 4 younger brothers throwing spanners and wrenches at each other so she figures it's "normal" behavior for them to get into it.</p><p></p><p>I am not so comfortable with it since I experienced real physical abuse a few times at the hands of my much bigger though younger brother. My parents did nothing to stop it and were angry with me when I padlocked the door to my room. When my brother busted it to get in my room they did nothing.</p><p></p><p>One strategy I sometimes use that another Mom suggested also makes me a bit uncomfortable but I have found that it works pretty well.</p><p></p><p>When the kids are starting the physical stuff (they don't get real violent but will kick and trip and shove type stuff) I announce in a cheery but slightly menacing voice "Oh, are we playing the hitting game? Cause I want to play too." and bunch my hand in a fist. It's clear that I will play much harder than they would like by punching them in the arm or such. So far they haven't actually called my bluff and I only use it when people are not really angry yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 320297, member: 7948"] My wife tells about her 4 younger brothers throwing spanners and wrenches at each other so she figures it's "normal" behavior for them to get into it. I am not so comfortable with it since I experienced real physical abuse a few times at the hands of my much bigger though younger brother. My parents did nothing to stop it and were angry with me when I padlocked the door to my room. When my brother busted it to get in my room they did nothing. One strategy I sometimes use that another Mom suggested also makes me a bit uncomfortable but I have found that it works pretty well. When the kids are starting the physical stuff (they don't get real violent but will kick and trip and shove type stuff) I announce in a cheery but slightly menacing voice "Oh, are we playing the hitting game? Cause I want to play too." and bunch my hand in a fist. It's clear that I will play much harder than they would like by punching them in the arm or such. So far they haven't actually called my bluff and I only use it when people are not really angry yet. [/QUOTE]
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