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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 40949"><p>I really need to have my son read that book. difficult child drives him crazy and then he, in turn, drives me crazy. It's getting to where I have more conflict with him than difficult child because he's always on me about what I should be making difficult child do. He doesn't cut her a break for one second and he seems to have a hard time remembering that I'm the parent, not him. I remind him daily. Sigh...both of my kids are so incredibly stubborn and bossy. NO idea where they get that from. :wink: He told me once that when he's a parent his kids are going to walk the line. They're going to listen. He didn't like it when I laughed so hard I could hardly breathe. :rofl: I think I'm going to be at his house a lot when he's an adult so I can witness this. :smile: </p><p></p><p>Anyway, easy child thinks EVERYTHING is a basket A issue. I let a lot of things slide because 1) some things difficult child just can't help (memory issues, non-verbal stuff, etc), 2) we're only working on one thing at a time with difficult child and 3) it's just not worth it a lot of the time. In other words, I pick my battles. </p><p></p><p>So, my feelings on the book is that it is helpful with picking your battles, but I've found that with a difficult child the battles I'm letting slide vary according to how well she's doing. And somedays they vary according to with how much I'm able to enforce them. I know that sounds bad, but when you're sick or just absolutely exhausted, you do what you have to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 40949"] I really need to have my son read that book. difficult child drives him crazy and then he, in turn, drives me crazy. It's getting to where I have more conflict with him than difficult child because he's always on me about what I should be making difficult child do. He doesn't cut her a break for one second and he seems to have a hard time remembering that I'm the parent, not him. I remind him daily. Sigh...both of my kids are so incredibly stubborn and bossy. NO idea where they get that from. [img]:wink:[/img] He told me once that when he's a parent his kids are going to walk the line. They're going to listen. He didn't like it when I laughed so hard I could hardly breathe. [img]:rofl:[/img] I think I'm going to be at his house a lot when he's an adult so I can witness this. [img]:smile:[/img] Anyway, easy child thinks EVERYTHING is a basket A issue. I let a lot of things slide because 1) some things difficult child just can't help (memory issues, non-verbal stuff, etc), 2) we're only working on one thing at a time with difficult child and 3) it's just not worth it a lot of the time. In other words, I pick my battles. So, my feelings on the book is that it is helpful with picking your battles, but I've found that with a difficult child the battles I'm letting slide vary according to how well she's doing. And somedays they vary according to with how much I'm able to enforce them. I know that sounds bad, but when you're sick or just absolutely exhausted, you do what you have to. [/QUOTE]
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