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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila" data-source="post: 171238" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>difficult child: I need $10 for the field trip. </p><p> Me: Ok</p><p> difficult child: How about $15</p><p> Me: No.</p><p> Manipulator or negotiator? Dont think I havent been suckered in a few times, because I have. Mom had a learning curve, too. lol I keep telling myself hell be able to put this skill to good use someday I know for a fact his manipulator skills are finely honed.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Things Ive learned parenting a difficult child:</p><p> </p><p> Never take a difficult child that cant make a decision to a buffet lunch. (We sometimes give them too many choices. )</p><p> </p><p> Be consistent, consistent, consistent. One variance, and I never hear the end of it. ("But mom, you let us do it yesterday.")</p><p> </p><p> Because I said No. a term I heard more than once as a child and one I swore Id never use with-my kids, and one I use more often the older he gets. (If the child grows up always being able to negotiate everything and having non-negotiable situations ignored - they don't learn what that many things are non-negotiable.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila, post: 171238, member: 23"] difficult child: I need $10 for the field trip. Me: Ok difficult child: How about $15 Me: No. Manipulator or negotiator? Dont think I havent been suckered in a few times, because I have. Mom had a learning curve, too. lol I keep telling myself hell be able to put this skill to good use someday I know for a fact his manipulator skills are finely honed. Things Ive learned parenting a difficult child: Never take a difficult child that cant make a decision to a buffet lunch. (We sometimes give them too many choices. ) Be consistent, consistent, consistent. One variance, and I never hear the end of it. ("But mom, you let us do it yesterday.") Because I said No. a term I heard more than once as a child and one I swore Id never use with-my kids, and one I use more often the older he gets. (If the child grows up always being able to negotiate everything and having non-negotiable situations ignored - they don't learn what that many things are non-negotiable.) [/QUOTE]
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