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<blockquote data-quote="Ehlena" data-source="post: 203434" data-attributes="member: 6097"><p>I just wanted to thank you all for your advice. I ordered both Parenting the Explosive Child and Parenting with Love and Logic. They're arriving on Friday. I read all the articles on the Parenting with Love and Logic website, and I have been trying to institute these principles, but with limited success.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child was good on Monday, and then returned to his "normal" behavior on Tuesday.</p><p> </p><p>Six more days until the psychiatric evaluation, and seven more until counseling.</p><p> </p><p>I'm starting to see that the reason that difficult child behaves the way he does is because he has this idea that he knows better than everyone else (and even when he is proved wrong, he will not accept that he IS wrong). He won't even follow directions on a mac 'n cheese box. He burnt himself as a result, but I'll bet that if given the directions or recipe for another bit of food, he'll try to do it his own way again. It's just not the first time that not following directions has turned out poorly for him.</p><p> </p><p>Another example, if I tell him to get a rag and clean the railing, two seconds later, he'll walk by with a paper towel in hand. And if I try to tell him WHY he should be using a rag as opposed to a paper towel? Here comes the argument, and why he thinks he knows better. Oftentimes, his argument doesn't even make sense!</p><p> </p><p>Blegh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ehlena, post: 203434, member: 6097"] I just wanted to thank you all for your advice. I ordered both Parenting the Explosive Child and Parenting with Love and Logic. They're arriving on Friday. I read all the articles on the Parenting with Love and Logic website, and I have been trying to institute these principles, but with limited success. difficult child was good on Monday, and then returned to his "normal" behavior on Tuesday. Six more days until the psychiatric evaluation, and seven more until counseling. I'm starting to see that the reason that difficult child behaves the way he does is because he has this idea that he knows better than everyone else (and even when he is proved wrong, he will not accept that he IS wrong). He won't even follow directions on a mac 'n cheese box. He burnt himself as a result, but I'll bet that if given the directions or recipe for another bit of food, he'll try to do it his own way again. It's just not the first time that not following directions has turned out poorly for him. Another example, if I tell him to get a rag and clean the railing, two seconds later, he'll walk by with a paper towel in hand. And if I try to tell him WHY he should be using a rag as opposed to a paper towel? Here comes the argument, and why he thinks he knows better. Oftentimes, his argument doesn't even make sense! Blegh. [/QUOTE]
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