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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 67106" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Wow, does this all sound familiar! </p><p>I hate to say it but some of this is easy child behavior. </p><p>The meltdowns, however, are the difficult child part, in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>Yes, it is overwhelming. I never realized how overwhelming until we completely stripped our difficult child's room and instead of having a meltdown he said, "I like it better this way."</p><p>Huh?</p><p></p><p>Well, some of it is overstimulation, I'll grant you that. And spoiling the kid half to death.</p><p>Some of it is not knowing where to begin. So when you told her to begin with-the dress-up clothes, that was precise and concrete. (I had to laugh at the part where she started putting them on, though. Sorry!)</p><p>I also had to laugh at the part about drawing on the dolls and taking their heads off. When I was a kid, my little sister used to take all her dolls' clothes off the min. she got them out of the box! Go figure.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child always says he has to take a break after he's cleaned for 4.2 min. He will make every excuse in the book. </p><p></p><p>I have to stand there. I figure that's okay, since I have a bad back, and at least I'm not bending over repeatedly.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I agree with-the others, you've got to cut down on her stuff.</p><p>She gets two Barbies and one Ken, just so they can have relationship issues. :smile: But if she's got a pile of Barbies, she's got too many. Put them in a container and put them away. When she's ruined the ones she has an quits playing with-them, make HER throw them away and pull out the old ones. Tell her she cannot have any new ones. Period.</p><p></p><p>One thing that parents in our group started a cple of yrs ago because of this very issue, was to put on the birthday party invitations, "No gifts. Please bring a bag of dog food or treats that we can bring to the SPCA." All the kids loved going to the SPCA, which also has a petting zoo, parents still got to spend the conscience $, and homeless dogs got one more day of food and no euthanasia.</p><p></p><p>Just some thoughts.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. I feel for you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 67106, member: 3419"] Wow, does this all sound familiar! I hate to say it but some of this is easy child behavior. The meltdowns, however, are the difficult child part, in my humble opinion. Yes, it is overwhelming. I never realized how overwhelming until we completely stripped our difficult child's room and instead of having a meltdown he said, "I like it better this way." Huh? Well, some of it is overstimulation, I'll grant you that. And spoiling the kid half to death. Some of it is not knowing where to begin. So when you told her to begin with-the dress-up clothes, that was precise and concrete. (I had to laugh at the part where she started putting them on, though. Sorry!) I also had to laugh at the part about drawing on the dolls and taking their heads off. When I was a kid, my little sister used to take all her dolls' clothes off the min. she got them out of the box! Go figure. My difficult child always says he has to take a break after he's cleaned for 4.2 min. He will make every excuse in the book. I have to stand there. I figure that's okay, since I have a bad back, and at least I'm not bending over repeatedly. Yes, I agree with-the others, you've got to cut down on her stuff. She gets two Barbies and one Ken, just so they can have relationship issues. [img]:smile:[/img] But if she's got a pile of Barbies, she's got too many. Put them in a container and put them away. When she's ruined the ones she has an quits playing with-them, make HER throw them away and pull out the old ones. Tell her she cannot have any new ones. Period. One thing that parents in our group started a cple of yrs ago because of this very issue, was to put on the birthday party invitations, "No gifts. Please bring a bag of dog food or treats that we can bring to the SPCA." All the kids loved going to the SPCA, which also has a petting zoo, parents still got to spend the conscience $, and homeless dogs got one more day of food and no euthanasia. Just some thoughts. Good luck. I feel for you! [/QUOTE]
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