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How do you deal with the constant negativity?
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 61197" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>My difficult child is similar to busywend's - punishing and lecturing doesn't make the behavior change. She hears me and gives me the appropriate feedback when we've had a conversation about her behavior or attitude, but it doesn't make her change her behavior.</p><p></p><p>This is the KEY issue we're working on with her counselor - to STOP the negativity going on inside difficult child. Everything is permeated with negativity, especially her opinions about herself and it kills me because she wasn't raised like that.</p><p></p><p>I gently try to get her back on track using key phrases or words, sometimes all it takes is a look between us. But again, ultimately it is up to her to stop the negativity and turn it around. She's always so sure that there is doom around every corner, at the end of every event; sure that the outcome in any given situation will be a negative one. It is tiring and some days it really wears me down. I just try to stick with it and hope that she changes at some point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 61197, member: 2211"] My difficult child is similar to busywend's - punishing and lecturing doesn't make the behavior change. She hears me and gives me the appropriate feedback when we've had a conversation about her behavior or attitude, but it doesn't make her change her behavior. This is the KEY issue we're working on with her counselor - to STOP the negativity going on inside difficult child. Everything is permeated with negativity, especially her opinions about herself and it kills me because she wasn't raised like that. I gently try to get her back on track using key phrases or words, sometimes all it takes is a look between us. But again, ultimately it is up to her to stop the negativity and turn it around. She's always so sure that there is doom around every corner, at the end of every event; sure that the outcome in any given situation will be a negative one. It is tiring and some days it really wears me down. I just try to stick with it and hope that she changes at some point. [/QUOTE]
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