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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 653262" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Oh, Bunny. Epic melt down. At least you got a good cop - Difficult Child won't be so quick to call next time.</p><p> </p><p>The melt-down wouldn't be quite as severe in our house, but the cause would be the same. husband... will NOT stop, ever, until what is being worked on is done. So, the kids pick up on that. And I end up with 3 (or sometimes me included making 4) people tired, frustrated, and hungry all at the same time. If the kids were helping, I learned NOT to help - my job was to force breaks every 1-2 hours. Drinks. Snacks. Treats. Chocolate. Fresh home-made cookies. Anything to force breaks. I found it kept husband more sane, if nothing else, and after the first couple of times I did this, even husband was receptive to it, because things did NOT take longer due to the breaks. </p><p> </p><p>The ODD diagnosis is SO hard to work with, because... it tells you nothing, really. It just validates what you as a parent are seeing and saying - that this really is a difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 653262, member: 11791"] Oh, Bunny. Epic melt down. At least you got a good cop - Difficult Child won't be so quick to call next time. The melt-down wouldn't be quite as severe in our house, but the cause would be the same. husband... will NOT stop, ever, until what is being worked on is done. So, the kids pick up on that. And I end up with 3 (or sometimes me included making 4) people tired, frustrated, and hungry all at the same time. If the kids were helping, I learned NOT to help - my job was to force breaks every 1-2 hours. Drinks. Snacks. Treats. Chocolate. Fresh home-made cookies. Anything to force breaks. I found it kept husband more sane, if nothing else, and after the first couple of times I did this, even husband was receptive to it, because things did NOT take longer due to the breaks. The ODD diagnosis is SO hard to work with, because... it tells you nothing, really. It just validates what you as a parent are seeing and saying - that this really is a difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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