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The "Stuff" Just Hit the Fan
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<blockquote data-quote="LauraH" data-source="post: 742845" data-attributes="member: 22877"><p>Exactly. It is what it is, basically. I will say it's easier say no over the phone because when he gets argumentative or demanding I can always say goodbye and hang up. Not so easy when we're together because he wants to argue and negotiate and the more I say it's not open for debate the louder he gets, which is what woke my husband up last night and culminated in my son's outburst. Do your kid(s) try to negotiate or compromise when you've given them a firm no in a face to face situation? And how do you handle or derail or diffuse it? That's one skill I can't seem to conquer, because no matter how much I rehearse these scenarios in my mind they always result in trying to argue/debate/compromise/cutting me off midsentence until I just sit back and say nothing. But disengaging only makes him more agitated and determined to get his way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraH, post: 742845, member: 22877"] Exactly. It is what it is, basically. I will say it's easier say no over the phone because when he gets argumentative or demanding I can always say goodbye and hang up. Not so easy when we're together because he wants to argue and negotiate and the more I say it's not open for debate the louder he gets, which is what woke my husband up last night and culminated in my son's outburst. Do your kid(s) try to negotiate or compromise when you've given them a firm no in a face to face situation? And how do you handle or derail or diffuse it? That's one skill I can't seem to conquer, because no matter how much I rehearse these scenarios in my mind they always result in trying to argue/debate/compromise/cutting me off midsentence until I just sit back and say nothing. But disengaging only makes him more agitated and determined to get his way. [/QUOTE]
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