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How old was your difficult child when you knew?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 346186" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Jools, we probably need you to start a new thread just on you and your issues. This risks being hijacked. Plus we're almost at the end of this thread (I suspect) and your issue risks being buried and not getting seen properly.</p><p></p><p>A quick response - you can apply the same discipline techniques to easy child. An important part of this is to set things up ahead of time. Re-visit the book, also check out the newer edition as well as the older edition. A lot of the discussion in Early Childhood is based on the earlier edition. Poor easy child - it must seem so difficult for her. But she is older and you should be able to explain to her that different kids have different things they need to learn; she has already moved beyond a lot of the things difficult child still needs help with. Also, easy child has more freedoms and more privileges.</p><p></p><p>The really important things, I feel, in Explosive Child are the way the child learns self-control and has self-determination. easy child would benefit too. easy child would still be more able to respond to the more conventional stricter, control-based parenting styles we are all more familiar with, but difficult child sounds like she won't handle it so well. The beauty of it is - the Explosive Child methods can apply to all people. I've even applied it to education departments!</p><p></p><p>As for husband - mine is also a gem, also couldn't handle reading books about this sort of thing. I found that if I explained it to him, it not only helped him but it also helped me lock it away and feel more confident with the methods. I wrote a summary, which I could PM you if you want. Again, it's a summary of the first book I had (which was the earlier edition).</p><p></p><p>Read around the site, you will pick up ideas. And start a new thread about your issues, we can then focus on you specifically, it should help.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 346186, member: 1991"] Jools, we probably need you to start a new thread just on you and your issues. This risks being hijacked. Plus we're almost at the end of this thread (I suspect) and your issue risks being buried and not getting seen properly. A quick response - you can apply the same discipline techniques to easy child. An important part of this is to set things up ahead of time. Re-visit the book, also check out the newer edition as well as the older edition. A lot of the discussion in Early Childhood is based on the earlier edition. Poor easy child - it must seem so difficult for her. But she is older and you should be able to explain to her that different kids have different things they need to learn; she has already moved beyond a lot of the things difficult child still needs help with. Also, easy child has more freedoms and more privileges. The really important things, I feel, in Explosive Child are the way the child learns self-control and has self-determination. easy child would benefit too. easy child would still be more able to respond to the more conventional stricter, control-based parenting styles we are all more familiar with, but difficult child sounds like she won't handle it so well. The beauty of it is - the Explosive Child methods can apply to all people. I've even applied it to education departments! As for husband - mine is also a gem, also couldn't handle reading books about this sort of thing. I found that if I explained it to him, it not only helped him but it also helped me lock it away and feel more confident with the methods. I wrote a summary, which I could PM you if you want. Again, it's a summary of the first book I had (which was the earlier edition). Read around the site, you will pick up ideas. And start a new thread about your issues, we can then focus on you specifically, it should help. Marg [/QUOTE]
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