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We went so long with-o a tantrum ...
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 72240" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>I'd almost (almost) forgotten what it was like.</p><p></p><p>But of course, it was a holiday weekend, less structure ... and if you give a difficult child an inch, you know what happens.</p><p></p><p>Long story short, a major, major, major meltdown. I can kind of see it from difficult child's point of view, but still, he insisted we told him he could play with-his friends and forgot the "outside only" part, deliberately choosing to ignore the "no video games, computer games, anything electronic" part.</p><p></p><p>I had put a few ph bks in his rm to tear up for just such occasions, but he's been so good, he earned back some books, photos, etc. Guess what he chose to rip up instead of phonebooks? Sigh.</p><p></p><p>husband and I also had a short talk, because clearly, holiday weekends mean to him, that he is a couch potato. But to me, they mean the family does things together ... cleans, goes out for coffee, whatever. Nope. Not on the same page. It's all about expectations and communication.</p><p></p><p>We have an appointment with-the child psychiatric tomorrow. For once, husband is going along. One of my pet peeves is that he doesn't attend the sessions because he thinks that the problems are all between difficult child and me. ((Picture an ostrich with-his head in the sand.) He's finally getting the picture. </p><p>In fact, today, I chuckled as I heard husband talking to difficult child, (I don't recall exactly what that moment's issue was), "Do it NOW. You're making me mad!"</p><p>When husband came into the bedroom, I said, "Wow, it's nice to know you're human."</p><p></p><p>Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 72240, member: 3419"] I'd almost (almost) forgotten what it was like. But of course, it was a holiday weekend, less structure ... and if you give a difficult child an inch, you know what happens. Long story short, a major, major, major meltdown. I can kind of see it from difficult child's point of view, but still, he insisted we told him he could play with-his friends and forgot the "outside only" part, deliberately choosing to ignore the "no video games, computer games, anything electronic" part. I had put a few ph bks in his rm to tear up for just such occasions, but he's been so good, he earned back some books, photos, etc. Guess what he chose to rip up instead of phonebooks? Sigh. husband and I also had a short talk, because clearly, holiday weekends mean to him, that he is a couch potato. But to me, they mean the family does things together ... cleans, goes out for coffee, whatever. Nope. Not on the same page. It's all about expectations and communication. We have an appointment with-the child psychiatric tomorrow. For once, husband is going along. One of my pet peeves is that he doesn't attend the sessions because he thinks that the problems are all between difficult child and me. ((Picture an ostrich with-his head in the sand.) He's finally getting the picture. In fact, today, I chuckled as I heard husband talking to difficult child, (I don't recall exactly what that moment's issue was), "Do it NOW. You're making me mad!" When husband came into the bedroom, I said, "Wow, it's nice to know you're human." Sigh. [/QUOTE]
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