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<blockquote data-quote="SmallTownMom" data-source="post: 567278" data-attributes="member: 14555"><p>So as I delve into the intense book The Explosive Child I find myself wondering if I have more then one explosive child. Is my easy child really a mild mannered difficult child? Have I been parenting him in a way that does not benefit him?</p><p> </p><p>My fiancé and I had gone to get his kids an hour away, when we leave we always set boundaries in the house. One son will use the computer room with the TV, and the other will be in the living room with the lap top. The only catch is that there is no food or drink allowed in the computer room.</p><p> </p><p>Today my difficult child wanted to be in the computer room so my easy child was in the living room. All was good until my difficult child wanted to eat. He made himself a bowl of cereal and sat in the living room to eat. My easy child was not using the TV so my difficult child decided to turn on the TV. This is the conversation that followed.</p><p> </p><p>easy child: I cant hear my video (he is using the lap top)</p><p>difficult child: I just want to watch TV till I am done</p><p>easy child: (turns up lap top)</p><p>difficult child (turns up TV)</p><p>easy child (turns up lap top)</p><p>difficult child: Can you please turn it down I cant hear. I wish mom would get us earphones!</p><p>easy child: I have earphones I just dont want to use them!</p><p> </p><p>difficult child then calls me on the phone and says that he needs help. I was stunned at the inflexibility that my easy child showed. Have some more reading to do and some more figuring out.</p><p> </p><p>Things that make you go hmmm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmallTownMom, post: 567278, member: 14555"] So as I delve into the intense book The Explosive Child I find myself wondering if I have more then one explosive child. Is my easy child really a mild mannered difficult child? Have I been parenting him in a way that does not benefit him? My fiancé and I had gone to get his kids an hour away, when we leave we always set boundaries in the house. One son will use the computer room with the TV, and the other will be in the living room with the lap top. The only catch is that there is no food or drink allowed in the computer room. Today my difficult child wanted to be in the computer room so my easy child was in the living room. All was good until my difficult child wanted to eat. He made himself a bowl of cereal and sat in the living room to eat. My easy child was not using the TV so my difficult child decided to turn on the TV. This is the conversation that followed. easy child: I cant hear my video (he is using the lap top) difficult child: I just want to watch TV till I am done easy child: (turns up lap top) difficult child (turns up TV) easy child (turns up lap top) difficult child: Can you please turn it down I cant hear. I wish mom would get us earphones! easy child: I have earphones I just dont want to use them! difficult child then calls me on the phone and says that he needs help. I was stunned at the inflexibility that my easy child showed. Have some more reading to do and some more figuring out. Things that make you go hmmm [/QUOTE]
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