MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Yep, me too. All daddys as well.

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[Edited 7/14/09 23:53pm]

I had a BIIIIIG drama last night. In the heat of the moment you do what you feel is right. And sometimes it comes out all wrong.

ZombieKitten said:

Nope, but they tell me nothing worthwhile is.

ZombieKitten said:

Happens to every last one of us.

PunkMistress said:

thank you

ZombieKitten said:

I once kept my daughter home from school because the night before she had mouthed off to me and my hand flew out and smacked her in the mouth. Her lip squashed against her teeth and she got a fat bloody lip. I was so scared that the teacher would call Protective Services, I called in sick to work and kept her home.

PunkMistress said:

omg!

Last night my kid was in the throes of hysteria because he had dropped something on the ground on the way home from school. What started as me asking him to put on his pyjamas (at the moment he realised about his little thing) became total insanity. The other 2 went and hid themselves away in my bedroom, very wisely. He screamed and screamed for a very long time, that he hates me and has always hated me. It was all I could do to not go in there and wallop him.

ZombieKitten said:

ooh yeah thats a hard one...

heybaby said:

he was sooooo sorry afterwards, and so embarassed, but I don't think he learns from it, he is so caught up in his moment that the earth could stop spinning and he wouldn't care.

how's your son's knees?


btw,

don't be afraid to put him on the naughty step for talking to mommy that way!

ZombieKitten said:

It was a good thing that you took a step back. I think its best to cool off in order to make sure your not reacting because your angry but because you want him to understand that his actions are not acceptable. My sons have come very close to losing their teeth from talking back (I can't stand it). There are just times where you have to try and figure out where the problem is coming from.

thekidsgirl said:

it's so hard having a 16 year old girl, when you can damn remember what it was like when you were 16! Scary shit!!!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

16 year old girls know EVERYTHING!

heybaby said:

tell me about it, and they are masters at rolling their eyes at you when you say something "for their own good"

I've been feeling good and sorry for myself lately. Things have been hard at work...

Yesterday, I found out that my first news director died at the age of 67. George was a great guy - best boss I ever had. He was diagnosed with melanoma in February and died Saturday.

My funk is over. I'm alive, I have a good job (even if my current boss bugs the crap out of me), a nice home, and a man who loves me. No, life isn't easy. And getting old ain't for sissies. But comparatively speaking, I have it real good.

BlackAdder7 said:

he has time out, for him that's not particularly effective. I use it when he needs to calm down. For him confiscating his "things" works way better.

heybaby said:

does your middle child act out more than the other 2? Does he constantly fight with the others or demand the most attention?

ZombieKitten said:

He doesn't pick fights but he's the moodiest. He can get upset over the smallest things sometimes Usually pulling him to the side and talking to him without his brothers being present works well. I have to make it a point to have a day with just the two of us. It works wonders

heybaby said:

I would love to for me and his dad to have special days with each of them, but for some DUMB reason, the master insists we always do everything as a family always together. He is REALLY stubborn about it! A very soft touch and lots of affection is what our Wally needs, he can't get enough cuddles. I know you know how hard it is to give that one on one attention, when there is only one of you and 3 of them all demanding attention and have crisis moments every 5 minutes.

ZombieKitten said:

when they were little I would do small things like take one to the store while the others were with their father or my mother. I'd buy them a little treat (and only them) and tell them to eat it before we get back home before the others see it. I know sneaky but it made them feel special Maybe you can have days like that when you take them to the doctor (separately ) for check ups or some day where it just involves the one. Or take one and sneak off when the others are somewhere with the master in the house and you have to make a run to the store

heybaby said:

you're such a nice and fun mum

oops, you were talking about parenting, not life in general
[Edited 7/15/09 3:23am]

Fauxie said:

You take care of children enough to know about parenting.

MrsMdiver said:

You're probably right!

As my Father-in-law takes great pleasure in reminding me with reference to parenting

"Don't worry it just gets harder and it's a job for life"

ZombieKitten said:

I think it's called the Jan Brady syndrome.