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What's your difficult child shorthand?
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 159751" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>With my difficult child, hand signals seem to work WAY better than words.</p><p>Words give him something to interact with, which will inevitably lead to the mother of all debates.</p><p></p><p>So...</p><p></p><p>Hands flat palms towards floor, pressing down. Means "you're amp'ed enough to raise the ceiling, so dial it down a notch or 2"</p><p></p><p>Pointing at one of the charts on the wall, no eye contact. Means "pay attention to THIS rule. Yes, the one I'm Pointing at"</p><p></p><p>Singing. Anything. Usually embarrassing parent songs (Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head is a favourite for this). Means "You're acting like a typical teen, so I get to be an embarrassing parent. Yay!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 159751, member: 3907"] With my difficult child, hand signals seem to work WAY better than words. Words give him something to interact with, which will inevitably lead to the mother of all debates. So... Hands flat palms towards floor, pressing down. Means "you're amp'ed enough to raise the ceiling, so dial it down a notch or 2" Pointing at one of the charts on the wall, no eye contact. Means "pay attention to THIS rule. Yes, the one I'm Pointing at" Singing. Anything. Usually embarrassing parent songs (Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head is a favourite for this). Means "You're acting like a typical teen, so I get to be an embarrassing parent. Yay!" [/QUOTE]
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