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What's your difficult child shorthand?
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 159733" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>klmno... sorry, I didn't mean to mislead you! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> In no way, shape or form do all of these work. Volume control works if we're in public. Argh just gets me a nasty look and more joint cracking. Toothpaste worked for a very short while. Personal space works at home, but for heaven's sake, I can't believe I'm having to prompt a 17-year-old, still! Asked and answered never really worked, but I got tired of having to explain I'd already answered the question 14 billion times, so this at least makes him think about it.... before he asks again. Hoop and not my problem don't work at all, other than to let him know what I think and in the latter case, that I'm simply not going to engage with him about whatever goofy thing he's done.</p><p> </p><p>It was either shorthand or buying a loop recorder to play continuously, because I swear I've said the same things too many times to count over the last 14 years!! Actually, when we were still doing family therapy (at last placement), most of the time when the therapist asked me what I thought about something, I'd ask thank you to tell her. He's heard the same things from therapists and psychiatrists and teachers and us for years - I'm just tired of repeating myself so I let him do the talking, LOL. Unfortunately, hearing and internalizing are 2 completely different things, but that's a whole 'nother topic. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 159733, member: 8"] klmno... sorry, I didn't mean to mislead you! :rofl: In no way, shape or form do all of these work. Volume control works if we're in public. Argh just gets me a nasty look and more joint cracking. Toothpaste worked for a very short while. Personal space works at home, but for heaven's sake, I can't believe I'm having to prompt a 17-year-old, still! Asked and answered never really worked, but I got tired of having to explain I'd already answered the question 14 billion times, so this at least makes him think about it.... before he asks again. Hoop and not my problem don't work at all, other than to let him know what I think and in the latter case, that I'm simply not going to engage with him about whatever goofy thing he's done. It was either shorthand or buying a loop recorder to play continuously, because I swear I've said the same things too many times to count over the last 14 years!! Actually, when we were still doing family therapy (at last placement), most of the time when the therapist asked me what I thought about something, I'd ask thank you to tell her. He's heard the same things from therapists and psychiatrists and teachers and us for years - I'm just tired of repeating myself so I let him do the talking, LOL. Unfortunately, hearing and internalizing are 2 completely different things, but that's a whole 'nother topic. ;) [/QUOTE]
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