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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 533721" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Regardless of if she melts down, I would have done JUST what you did. It can be hard to be 'odd man out', but given that she had the entire weekend to tell you, this is the natural consequence. Unless you want to be making that run several times a week for something she could not be bothered to tell you about, the only course of action is just what you did.</p><p></p><p>Just because they are difficult children who can and do have meltdowns is no reason to indulge this type of behavior because it results in them thinking that all you do all day is sit around waiting to be their willing handmaiden. That is NOT the appropriate view of any authority figure, most esp a parent. I am not saying that you shoudl not ever go to school if she calls, or if the school calls. But this is the kind of thing she will NEVER learn to cope with if you rescue her constantly from natural consequences. on the other hand, if there was something special tonight that a meltdown would have ruined, I might have done it for her to keep the peace for the rest of the family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 533721, member: 1233"] Regardless of if she melts down, I would have done JUST what you did. It can be hard to be 'odd man out', but given that she had the entire weekend to tell you, this is the natural consequence. Unless you want to be making that run several times a week for something she could not be bothered to tell you about, the only course of action is just what you did. Just because they are difficult children who can and do have meltdowns is no reason to indulge this type of behavior because it results in them thinking that all you do all day is sit around waiting to be their willing handmaiden. That is NOT the appropriate view of any authority figure, most esp a parent. I am not saying that you shoudl not ever go to school if she calls, or if the school calls. But this is the kind of thing she will NEVER learn to cope with if you rescue her constantly from natural consequences. on the other hand, if there was something special tonight that a meltdown would have ruined, I might have done it for her to keep the peace for the rest of the family. [/QUOTE]
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