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<blockquote data-quote="biracialkids" data-source="post: 7649" data-attributes="member: 3341"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>It sounds like you have a plan. It's a start. As difficult as this is, things seldom turn around quickly. You're going to need to pace yourself for the long haul ahead. As for your 7 year old, is he triggering difficult child on purpose or just being a typical big brother? There's a fine line between creating a functional environment for a difficult child and expecting too much out of a sibling. I don't have this particular problem because my difficult child is an only child, but some parents separate the kids as much as possible while others have found a little bribery can go a long way. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>He triggers him, but not on purpose, infact he's trying to help him which is the hard part but of course he doesn't understand that in the midst of a meltdown over a crumpled up picture telling him that he crumpled up the picture himself and to stop whining isn't help. </p><p></p><p>Then there is the good old double standard, I've put what my difficult child eats for dinner in basket C, I'm not willing to go through a meltdown over it so I will make him something different if he doesn't want what is on the menu. Anyway of course my 7 year old doesn't understand why he has to eat dinner and his brother can have a sandwich if he wants. So then he'll tell him that NO he has to eat dinner and the fight is on, by the time I get to them difficult child is already in meltdown and it is impossible to pull him back. </p><p></p><p>Sigh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biracialkids, post: 7649, member: 3341"] [ QUOTE ] It sounds like you have a plan. It's a start. As difficult as this is, things seldom turn around quickly. You're going to need to pace yourself for the long haul ahead. As for your 7 year old, is he triggering difficult child on purpose or just being a typical big brother? There's a fine line between creating a functional environment for a difficult child and expecting too much out of a sibling. I don't have this particular problem because my difficult child is an only child, but some parents separate the kids as much as possible while others have found a little bribery can go a long way. [/ QUOTE ] He triggers him, but not on purpose, infact he's trying to help him which is the hard part but of course he doesn't understand that in the midst of a meltdown over a crumpled up picture telling him that he crumpled up the picture himself and to stop whining isn't help. Then there is the good old double standard, I've put what my difficult child eats for dinner in basket C, I'm not willing to go through a meltdown over it so I will make him something different if he doesn't want what is on the menu. Anyway of course my 7 year old doesn't understand why he has to eat dinner and his brother can have a sandwich if he wants. So then he'll tell him that NO he has to eat dinner and the fight is on, by the time I get to them difficult child is already in meltdown and it is impossible to pull him back. Sigh [/QUOTE]
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