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<blockquote data-quote="On_Call" data-source="post: 57826" data-attributes="member: 3211"><p>Again, I feel blessed to have found this site - and to be among others who *unfortunately for them* know just where I am coming from. :angel:</p><p></p><p>Ella - I think your Seb and our difficult child have ordered in a restaurant together before! If Seb is anything like our difficult child, his statement about us commoners ordering would be in a very loud, exasperated voice. Ugh. I can feel the pink creeping up in my cheeks right now as I type this! That is definitely something our difficult child would do - and sometimes diners at nearby tables think it is 'cute' and it makes me want to crawl under the table. :blush:</p><p></p><p>The negativity certainly gets tiring pretty quickly. </p><p></p><p>I noticed this morning that difficult child makes huge, all-encompassing, blanket statements in negativity. Today, he was complaining that "karate is always on someone's birthday". Karate is always Tuesday nights - only once a week - and has so far only fallen on difficult child's birthday once - two years ago. But, a couple of years ago, the munchkins wanted to celebrate our cat's birthday - so I figured out what day we got the kitty and we started celebrating that date. </p><p></p><p>Well, tonight is karate - and today is the 5th 'anniversary' of our adoption of the kitty, Bruce - and difficult child is upset because that darn karate is 'always messing with our special days'. Jeesh. Not to mention that difficult child LOVES karate - talks about it everyday - practices the moves every morning, etc.</p><p></p><p>If it's not school, it's karate - or shopping, or dinner that occurs at the same time as a new PBS show he wanted to watch or . . . . I know you get the picture!! </p><p></p><p>UGH!!! :hammer:</p><p></p><p>This morning when I reminded him that that was a very negative comment about something he loves, he yipped back that he was 11 - almost 12 - and didn't need me nagging him all the time. :rolleyes: This was, of course, followed 10 minutes later by him retracting that statement and stating that he needs me to help him or he'll never learn. :crazy:</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading - and for posting!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="On_Call, post: 57826, member: 3211"] Again, I feel blessed to have found this site - and to be among others who *unfortunately for them* know just where I am coming from. [img]:angel:[/img] Ella - I think your Seb and our difficult child have ordered in a restaurant together before! If Seb is anything like our difficult child, his statement about us commoners ordering would be in a very loud, exasperated voice. Ugh. I can feel the pink creeping up in my cheeks right now as I type this! That is definitely something our difficult child would do - and sometimes diners at nearby tables think it is 'cute' and it makes me want to crawl under the table. [img]:blush:[/img] The negativity certainly gets tiring pretty quickly. I noticed this morning that difficult child makes huge, all-encompassing, blanket statements in negativity. Today, he was complaining that "karate is always on someone's birthday". Karate is always Tuesday nights - only once a week - and has so far only fallen on difficult child's birthday once - two years ago. But, a couple of years ago, the munchkins wanted to celebrate our cat's birthday - so I figured out what day we got the kitty and we started celebrating that date. Well, tonight is karate - and today is the 5th 'anniversary' of our adoption of the kitty, Bruce - and difficult child is upset because that darn karate is 'always messing with our special days'. Jeesh. Not to mention that difficult child LOVES karate - talks about it everyday - practices the moves every morning, etc. If it's not school, it's karate - or shopping, or dinner that occurs at the same time as a new PBS show he wanted to watch or . . . . I know you get the picture!! UGH!!! [img]:hammer:[/img] This morning when I reminded him that that was a very negative comment about something he loves, he yipped back that he was 11 - almost 12 - and didn't need me nagging him all the time. [img]:rolleyes:[/img] This was, of course, followed 10 minutes later by him retracting that statement and stating that he needs me to help him or he'll never learn. [img]:crazy:[/img] Thanks for reading - and for posting! [/QUOTE]
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