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Harsh words and a tough order-how do we play this?
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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 22429" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>Deb, that's the weird thing--when my son was younger, we had to be VERY careful to stay as neutral as possible when we would warn him about consequences because he would invariably OVER-react and become excessively fearful. This changed somewhere along the way, I think around middle school. I'm not sure why.</p><p></p><p>I do know that our son knows how much we love him. I also know that I do tend to shower him with "stuff," and a lot of it is because it gives me pleasure to do so. I also can see now that that probably wasn't the greatest thing to do in the past and how it certainly isn't helping him now. </p><p></p><p>Someone mentioned that him receiving a lot of "stuff" is setting him apart from at least some of the other boys. When I read that, I remembered that his easy child said something similar way back when my son first arrived at the home. I was such a mess back then that I guess didn't allow that to sink in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 22429, member: 1835"] Deb, that's the weird thing--when my son was younger, we had to be VERY careful to stay as neutral as possible when we would warn him about consequences because he would invariably OVER-react and become excessively fearful. This changed somewhere along the way, I think around middle school. I'm not sure why. I do know that our son knows how much we love him. I also know that I do tend to shower him with "stuff," and a lot of it is because it gives me pleasure to do so. I also can see now that that probably wasn't the greatest thing to do in the past and how it certainly isn't helping him now. Someone mentioned that him receiving a lot of "stuff" is setting him apart from at least some of the other boys. When I read that, I remembered that his easy child said something similar way back when my son first arrived at the home. I was such a mess back then that I guess didn't allow that to sink in. [/QUOTE]
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