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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 237004" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Katya, </p><p>I think you handled the conversation with your difficult child the right way.</p><p></p><p>That being said, I agree with you that over time we do become numb to threats. We get so used to just surviving, getting through the daily he** that is life with a difficult child.</p><p></p><p>Behaviour that would be totally over the top from a easy child becomes just run of the mill. It is very hard to maintain a clear perspective when you're dealing with so much unacceptable behaviour all the time, and it's so easy to let anything short of physical violence just slide. The "At least this time he didn't come at me with a knife" situation.</p><p></p><p>Lots of people make idle threats out of anger. However, when someone who has a history of erratic behaviour, violence, run-ins with the law, etc. says something like that, I tend to treat it differently. With my difficult child and his history, when he says, "I want to choke so-and-so", So-and-so is liable to find himself with difficult child's hands around his neck. So...yes, I do treat things like that with all seriousness.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 237004, member: 3907"] Katya, I think you handled the conversation with your difficult child the right way. That being said, I agree with you that over time we do become numb to threats. We get so used to just surviving, getting through the daily he** that is life with a difficult child. Behaviour that would be totally over the top from a easy child becomes just run of the mill. It is very hard to maintain a clear perspective when you're dealing with so much unacceptable behaviour all the time, and it's so easy to let anything short of physical violence just slide. The "At least this time he didn't come at me with a knife" situation. Lots of people make idle threats out of anger. However, when someone who has a history of erratic behaviour, violence, run-ins with the law, etc. says something like that, I tend to treat it differently. With my difficult child and his history, when he says, "I want to choke so-and-so", So-and-so is liable to find himself with difficult child's hands around his neck. So...yes, I do treat things like that with all seriousness. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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