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hi riley,
not really anything any specific....
for instance...this is just basic stuff...my kids say they want play time outside..i say...ok, but just 10min till dinner
then ill go out and say 5 min till dinner...
then ill say 2 min
then ill say its time to come in....
but they wont...
i have to go through this battle...it doesnt happen all the time, but i would say it happens alot.
its just so frustrating....i have given them cold meals, and have to deal with the screaming over that..."sorry, if y ou came in when i told you too, it wouldnt be cold"....everything seems like a battle.
this happens in the morning also...
"we want play time"
"well, first get ready for school, and if you do it quick enough, youll have play time..."
"no, we want play time...(lasts about 5 min) then comes:
"sorry, have to get ready for school..." me
"no, i want play time..." I
back and fourth we go..
ill say.."if you got ready when i asked, then you would have some play time, but we ran out of time arguing about if you can have play time...so there is no time left.."
but here is my problem...sometimes, i wonder if i should just be really strict with everything...i know some of these behaviors are just like most kids (i think).....but it just gets so tiring morning after morning, night after night.
they just dont seem to listen. sometimes i actually have to carry the little guy in the bathroom screaming to take a bath....
he knows its coming, but feels he has to battle...
they are both very controlling...and sometimes if i just get so strict where they cant do anything...wonder if that will help.
i never yell at them...well, maybe once or twice when they just get me to a point...
they are both full of energy from the minute they get up...jumping all over the place...especially my older one, who loves to jump from coach to coach..no matter how many times i tell him not too and put him in his room for calm down time.
sometimes i just get so tired, then i dont even bother telling them to stop...because i know it will end up in a battle.
so i was just wondering what others did....up to this point i just chose my battles....but they are still out of control sometimes. i know they feed off of each other....
i do hope it will get better as they get older..
so i was just wondering if i should just be so strict...until they realize i mean business....lol
dadfor2
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