At the moment i am having realtionship difficulties with both my eldest and youngest son. Both aged under 8. When i ask them politely to do the simpliest of tasks, they stare at me with a blank. If i offer to help with the task asked, encouraging them to join in, they dont join in and tend to sit back and watch me do the job. I have to shout at them to get them to listen, which i hate. The tasks are things like getting dressed, siting down for tea or tidying the mess. Ive tried rewards and smily charts and these dont work. Even a time-out corner, Ive done the-going-on-strike-thing with them, saying its your role and your responsibility, however nothing has seemed to work. Is there any suggestions, as i dont want to use my loud voice on them, i feel awful when i have to use it. Sometimes they just laugh at me, when i use it, thinking im just messing about.
2006-06-22
11:05:57
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lonely as a cloud
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