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Living with difficult child is Like Living With a Very Large, Angry TODDLER...
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<blockquote data-quote="Farmwife" data-source="post: 368124" data-attributes="member: 8617"><p>For a minute there when I read your thread title I thought MY difficult child moved in with you and I almost planned a party.</p><p> </p><p>I can soooo relate to the toddler chore style. difficult child is now 16, since he was 10 we have had the exact same conversation about loading the dishwasher properly. I realize he has some memory issues but I'm thinking that over the course of the last 1200 times it was explained to him he may get a feel for it. Nope... difficult child is so lazy about *omg* rinsing a few dishes and loading them that we literally have to stand behind him and watch as every single one gets done and point out mistakes. He is infamous in our house for putting away dishes with chunks still on them and is shocked we think it's gross. Told his psychiatrist that we are anal. She laughed at him after he told her why.</p><p> </p><p>Every now and again I go on strike and make him cook his own food. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen so think dish duty is fair trade. A couple nights of him being almost too lazy to make a pb&j while I cook something extra special and he makes the kitchen sparkle for some leftovers. lol Then his memory of dishwasher loading protcol kicks into high gear. </p><p> </p><p>I'd be fine with it if he ever skipped the drama and just got with the program. (yeah right)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmwife, post: 368124, member: 8617"] For a minute there when I read your thread title I thought MY difficult child moved in with you and I almost planned a party. I can soooo relate to the toddler chore style. difficult child is now 16, since he was 10 we have had the exact same conversation about loading the dishwasher properly. I realize he has some memory issues but I'm thinking that over the course of the last 1200 times it was explained to him he may get a feel for it. Nope... difficult child is so lazy about *omg* rinsing a few dishes and loading them that we literally have to stand behind him and watch as every single one gets done and point out mistakes. He is infamous in our house for putting away dishes with chunks still on them and is shocked we think it's gross. Told his psychiatrist that we are anal. She laughed at him after he told her why. Every now and again I go on strike and make him cook his own food. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen so think dish duty is fair trade. A couple nights of him being almost too lazy to make a pb&j while I cook something extra special and he makes the kitchen sparkle for some leftovers. lol Then his memory of dishwasher loading protcol kicks into high gear. I'd be fine with it if he ever skipped the drama and just got with the program. (yeah right) [/QUOTE]
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