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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 394514" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>Terry,</p><p></p><p>I'm getting here late but will throw my two cents in too. If I had to do it all over again, I know there are things I would have done differently. I agree with what Linda said. I would not sweat the small stuff, choose my battles very carefully, and let natural consequences take over as much as possible. While I eventually did learn to handle difficult child 1 in this way, it was only after I had gone through what felt like an eternity of living in absolute HE77. </p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 was, still is, and probably will always be very argumentative. When difficult child 1 wasn't stable, the best advice I was ever given was to keep my sentences limited to no more than five or six words. Respond only if absolutely necessary. Things got worse before they got better. Eventually difficult child 1 got bored because he wasn't able to get me going. He even admitted that I wasn't any "fun" any more. difficult child 1 got a strange sense of enjoyment out of watching me get angry.</p><p></p><p>Sorry you're going through such a difficult time with your difficult child... SFR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 394514, member: 3388"] Terry, I'm getting here late but will throw my two cents in too. If I had to do it all over again, I know there are things I would have done differently. I agree with what Linda said. I would not sweat the small stuff, choose my battles very carefully, and let natural consequences take over as much as possible. While I eventually did learn to handle difficult child 1 in this way, it was only after I had gone through what felt like an eternity of living in absolute HE77. difficult child 1 was, still is, and probably will always be very argumentative. When difficult child 1 wasn't stable, the best advice I was ever given was to keep my sentences limited to no more than five or six words. Respond only if absolutely necessary. Things got worse before they got better. Eventually difficult child 1 got bored because he wasn't able to get me going. He even admitted that I wasn't any "fun" any more. difficult child 1 got a strange sense of enjoyment out of watching me get angry. Sorry you're going through such a difficult time with your difficult child... SFR [/QUOTE]
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