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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 94588" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I think my difficult child 2 tends to dwell on negativity or possible negative outcomes more than most kids. So does his father (an undiagnosed difficult child for sure)!!! :crazy:</p><p></p><p>For example, he had a lot of homework tonight and thanks to a therapy appointment and soccer practice, it was looking like he was out of time to get it done, unless he were to stay up till the wee hours. So after his bath, he was getting emotional about this. I told him not to worry, that I wasn't going to make him finish it (I made that mistake last week, giving him an evening booster of stims to get him through the homework, and it messed him up for days). If I'd pushed it, I'm certain a meltdown would have ensued at some point tonight. But once that pressure was lifted, he suddenly was viewing the situation in a different light, telling me that he thought he could get the work done. And guess what? He got the rest of his work finished in about 20 minutes! And with no tears or drama at all!</p><p></p><p>He was all smiles with the high-fives I laid on him when he finished, so I am hopeful that the more he has positive outcomes like this, the easier it will be for him to remember them and not become overwhelmed by his natural negativity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 94588, member: 3444"] I think my difficult child 2 tends to dwell on negativity or possible negative outcomes more than most kids. So does his father (an undiagnosed difficult child for sure)!!! [img]:crazy:[/img] For example, he had a lot of homework tonight and thanks to a therapy appointment and soccer practice, it was looking like he was out of time to get it done, unless he were to stay up till the wee hours. So after his bath, he was getting emotional about this. I told him not to worry, that I wasn't going to make him finish it (I made that mistake last week, giving him an evening booster of stims to get him through the homework, and it messed him up for days). If I'd pushed it, I'm certain a meltdown would have ensued at some point tonight. But once that pressure was lifted, he suddenly was viewing the situation in a different light, telling me that he thought he could get the work done. And guess what? He got the rest of his work finished in about 20 minutes! And with no tears or drama at all! He was all smiles with the high-fives I laid on him when he finished, so I am hopeful that the more he has positive outcomes like this, the easier it will be for him to remember them and not become overwhelmed by his natural negativity. [/QUOTE]
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