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Oh- one more thing-- I stopped tantrums with cold water. Every time she throws a fit- dump a glass of cold water over her head to cool her off-- it sure worked for me. I'm an outside of the box kind of thinker anyway. And I'm old fashioned enough to believe that snotty remarks, cheating at games, beligerence, not to mention kicking walls & screaming, is NOT acceptable nor is it normal sibling behavior. I think its bratty behavior that we as adults are supposed to be teaching is unacceptable. Coming from a bad home into foster care is not a license to do act any awful way they can conceive. The bad home situation may lend itself to behaviors ( sexually acting out, compulsions, hording food etc), But ignoring egregious behavior merely because a child is in foster care does great injustice to the child involved, and to the people who adopt them.
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