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Question: How Do You Fight that "Knee-Jerk Reaction" to difficult children?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frazzledmom" data-source="post: 395763"><p>Sometimes, if I can think clearly, I'll rate the event that instigated my response. Then, I rate the intensity of my response. Looks like this. So difficult child didn't bring his laundry downstairs. From 1 (I'm calm and peaceful - he's smiling and complying) to 10 (I'm hysterical - he's dead) and see if the action merits the response. Hopefully the fact that difficult child doesn't bring his laundry downstairs is way below a 5 and my reaction is too. On a good day just going through that excersise helps my perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frazzledmom, post: 395763"] Sometimes, if I can think clearly, I'll rate the event that instigated my response. Then, I rate the intensity of my response. Looks like this. So difficult child didn't bring his laundry downstairs. From 1 (I'm calm and peaceful - he's smiling and complying) to 10 (I'm hysterical - he's dead) and see if the action merits the response. Hopefully the fact that difficult child doesn't bring his laundry downstairs is way below a 5 and my reaction is too. On a good day just going through that excersise helps my perspective. [/QUOTE]
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