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Is my kid crazy?
August 3, 2010 at
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I am at the end of my rope with my 4.5 year old's screaming, kicking, hitting temper tantrums. She's an only child and is so sweet most of the time but when she gets really mad, she's awful. Like head spinning, pea soup awful. I know that it is mostly (if not all) our fault and we need to change out behaviors, too. We aren't consistent and have been too "go with the flow." I try to reason with her but it clearly isn't working. Time out use to work somewhat when she was little but she's old enough to realize that I can't keep her there unless I were to physically force her. It has become a power struggle and I can tell she is doing things to push my buttons.
Is this normal for her age? Any suggestions for books? Does she need therapy? I think I do....
Is this normal for her age? Any suggestions for books? Does she need therapy? I think I do....
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One of my boys is scared of a lot of stuff (with the exception of dogs and people) my other boy is fearless
Not saying that she does, she is probably a horrible parent, but not deserving of some punk kid to mutter something about her under his/her breath.
Not saying that she does, she is probably a horrible parent, but not deserving of some punk kid to mutter something about her under his/her breath.
Shitty parents didn't get to that point by giving a crap about how they parent.
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What kind of liberal are you?
What kind of liberal are you?
And by being an ass, people don't "remember" not to do something next time. If I tell a child that he's a god-damn failure and should jump off a bridge because he was dumb enough to stick his tongue into the outlet vs. if you ask him in a normal way.
Which one do you think will make the bigger impression on the kid to actually change?
:Continuing to bust your chops:
"damn kids are lucky i dont beat the shit outta them. IM A GREAT GOD DAMN PARENT! "
thats what i feel when people look at my kids funny. my mom used to beat us at the store
And by being an ass, people don't "remember" not to do something next time. If I tell a child that he's a god-damn failure and should jump off a bridge because he was dumb enough to stick his tongue into the outlet vs. if you ask him in a normal way.
Which one do you think will make the bigger impression on the kid to actually change?
:Continuing to bust your chops:
Oh and.. for the record, I have spoken to shitty parents. There was one asian dood that took his kids to an air museum, and the kids were running around and pulling on the ropes so that the base of the poles holding the ropes kept slamming in the ground (iron slapping on concrete in a big hanger... pretty damn loud and annoying).
I saw them messing w/some of the (decommissioned) planes outside as well and that was finally enough for me. I walked over to him and told him he should really teach his kids respect for public property and it was pretty disrespectful to allow them to do that, especially w/as hard as the museum people worked with very little money to keep it open and yet, still encourage the public to come see everything.
I think he might have said something to the kid... but it was really more for him. Again, the idea that other people notice what a shitty parent he is.
Remember when you yelled at me for saying I'd do something about it?
Oh and.. for the record, I have spoken to shitty parents. There was one asian dood that took his kids to an air museum, and the kids were running around and pulling on the ropes so that the base of the poles holding the ropes kept slamming in the ground (iron slapping on concrete in a big hanger... pretty damn loud and annoying).
I saw them messing w/some of the (decommissioned) planes outside as well and that was finally enough for me. I walked over to him and told him he should really teach his kids respect for public property and it was pretty disrespectful to allow them to do that, especially w/as hard as the museum people worked with very little money to keep it open and yet, still encourage the public to come see everything.
I think he might have said something to the kid... but it was really more for him. Again, the idea that other people notice what a shitty parent he is.
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And by being an ass, people don't "remember" not to do something next time. If I tell a child that he's a god-damn failure and should jump off a bridge because he was dumb enough to stick his tongue into the outlet vs. if you ask him in a normal way.
Which one do you think will make the bigger impression on the kid to actually change?
:Continuing to bust your chops:
Give him the beating he deserves!