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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 528689" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Hi, Lavender...</p><p></p><p>Wanted to add my welcome... to a fellow Western Canadian!</p><p></p><p>There are ways to treat them both "different" and "the same", at the same time. </p><p>It takes a shift in thinking, though.</p><p></p><p>Did you ever see or hear about the book "The Explosive Child"?</p><p>It's a different take on challenging kids... including presenting a different approach to parenting that works better for these kids.</p><p>The interesting thing is, this strategy also works well for not-so-challenging (i.e. typical) kids.</p><p></p><p>I have two, too... one next-to-easy child and one formerly-major-difficult child-becoming-almost-typical. And we now parent both of them the same. </p><p></p><p>Some of the irritating stuff is harder to work around. But... what's "fair" for chores? In our house, K2 does more "chores", no question - especially in terms of time required. K1 can't spend that much time on chores - that's just the way it is. However... K1 is prepared to do the chores that K2 absolutely hates (like garbage duty and other "dirty" jobs). K1 now understands K2's limitations... but there's a win in it for K1... it has reduced the friction over chores and "fair".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 528689, member: 11791"] Hi, Lavender... Wanted to add my welcome... to a fellow Western Canadian! There are ways to treat them both "different" and "the same", at the same time. It takes a shift in thinking, though. Did you ever see or hear about the book "The Explosive Child"? It's a different take on challenging kids... including presenting a different approach to parenting that works better for these kids. The interesting thing is, this strategy also works well for not-so-challenging (i.e. typical) kids. I have two, too... one next-to-easy child and one formerly-major-difficult child-becoming-almost-typical. And we now parent both of them the same. Some of the irritating stuff is harder to work around. But... what's "fair" for chores? In our house, K2 does more "chores", no question - especially in terms of time required. K1 can't spend that much time on chores - that's just the way it is. However... K1 is prepared to do the chores that K2 absolutely hates (like garbage duty and other "dirty" jobs). K1 now understands K2's limitations... but there's a win in it for K1... it has reduced the friction over chores and "fair". [/QUOTE]
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