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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 264032" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">kjs,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">When a therapist (that is no longer under our employ) insisted that we keep on top of school things for the tweedles we finally had to put our foot down. We informed him that the 10 minutes of homeword assigned wasn't worth the hours of tantrums (wm) & 5 hours of meltdown (kt) every single night & that husband & I refused to continue.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">kt & wm's consequence wasn't about the grade - they didn't care; to this day they seldom care. It was about losing field trips, recess time, gym. Whatever was "fun" to them. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">difficult child is himself negatively impacting his education along with his relationship with you. Is this really worth it? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Take care of yourself - sounds like you need more than one night off work to recover.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 264032, member: 393"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]kjs, When a therapist (that is no longer under our employ) insisted that we keep on top of school things for the tweedles we finally had to put our foot down. We informed him that the 10 minutes of homeword assigned wasn't worth the hours of tantrums (wm) & 5 hours of meltdown (kt) every single night & that husband & I refused to continue. kt & wm's consequence wasn't about the grade - they didn't care; to this day they seldom care. It was about losing field trips, recess time, gym. Whatever was "fun" to them. difficult child is himself negatively impacting his education along with his relationship with you. Is this really worth it? Take care of yourself - sounds like you need more than one night off work to recover. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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