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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 520072" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>The thing is - difficult children require a whole new level of "guerilla parenting" that is absolutely EXHAUSTING to maintain for any length of time.</p><p></p><p>You CAN be more laid back and deal with things better with your easy child because your easy child is a regular kid. Regular kids do not require 24/7 attention. If you let your easy child go watch cartoons - odds are, he'll go watch cartoons. If you let your difficult child go watch cartoons? Odds are - he'll spend trying to get around the parental controls to watch something completely inappropriate....and when that doesn't work he'll go find some other way to entertain himself - probably by doing something he has no business doing (but, having left the television on so you *think* he is watching cartoons.)</p><p></p><p>I know how you feel about the $1000 for hockey - I don't think I'd spend that either....</p><p></p><p>but maybe there is a less expensive activity you could sign him up for? At least get him out of your hair for a while?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 520072, member: 6546"] The thing is - difficult children require a whole new level of "guerilla parenting" that is absolutely EXHAUSTING to maintain for any length of time. You CAN be more laid back and deal with things better with your easy child because your easy child is a regular kid. Regular kids do not require 24/7 attention. If you let your easy child go watch cartoons - odds are, he'll go watch cartoons. If you let your difficult child go watch cartoons? Odds are - he'll spend trying to get around the parental controls to watch something completely inappropriate....and when that doesn't work he'll go find some other way to entertain himself - probably by doing something he has no business doing (but, having left the television on so you *think* he is watching cartoons.) I know how you feel about the $1000 for hockey - I don't think I'd spend that either.... but maybe there is a less expensive activity you could sign him up for? At least get him out of your hair for a while? [/QUOTE]
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