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How do you handle defiance? Take things away?
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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 457278" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do from a distance. It's your mom who bears the brunt and the burden of the abuse, and she's the one who needs to stay consistent in her rules and her expectations.</p><p></p><p>I have restricted electronics/computer time/phone time/leaving the house when I felt the unacceptable behavior warranted. Logical consequences seem to have the most impact - if you throw your phone and break it, no phone. Tough tofu. You can't behave like a civilized human being (one of my favorite phrases) out in public? You stay home. You want to physically assault or threaten me? Explain it to the nice officer who shows up after I call 911. Not my problem (another of my favorite phrases). </p><p></p><p>There were times I felt more like a police officer than a parent, however, Miss KT is well aware that I have a very low BS tolerance level, and when she needed "a knot in her tail," as my Nana used to say, I'd put that knot. I say again, though, that it's not on you to decide, it's on your folks to make the decision and stick with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 457278, member: 4040"] Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do from a distance. It's your mom who bears the brunt and the burden of the abuse, and she's the one who needs to stay consistent in her rules and her expectations. I have restricted electronics/computer time/phone time/leaving the house when I felt the unacceptable behavior warranted. Logical consequences seem to have the most impact - if you throw your phone and break it, no phone. Tough tofu. You can't behave like a civilized human being (one of my favorite phrases) out in public? You stay home. You want to physically assault or threaten me? Explain it to the nice officer who shows up after I call 911. Not my problem (another of my favorite phrases). There were times I felt more like a police officer than a parent, however, Miss KT is well aware that I have a very low BS tolerance level, and when she needed "a knot in her tail," as my Nana used to say, I'd put that knot. I say again, though, that it's not on you to decide, it's on your folks to make the decision and stick with it. [/QUOTE]
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