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Friday, May 22, 2009
Casual Friday ~ My Head Almost Burst Into Flames!
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18 Responses to "Casual Friday ~ My Head Almost Burst Into Flames!"Wish I could give you some advice on the fighting, but I gave up trying to stop it. Even my teenagers fight with my little ones. I have found that Wine helps get me through it! LOL
I feel your aggravation. Some days they play together so-o well, but others - land sakes! I think the barometric pressure affects them. :)
If threatening doesn't work. What do I do? My favorite is to give them a chore - make them clean or something. Sometimes I make them sit and look at books. Sometimes send them to separate rooms. Sometimes I just curl up in my bed in a little ball and hope the house is still standing when their father gets home.
Well, I only have one kiddo. So, I really don't share your same experience.
However, I had brothers. And, when all of us would fight, my mother would make us hug. We'd have to sit there and hug each other until we decided that we could stop the bickering. And, if we let go of each other and started bickering again, we'd have to hug again. It was usually a good deterrent ... at least for a while.
well... i dont have kids but i can remember when we were small (my sister and brother and I) and my mom would literally just push us out the door, we fought, then we came back exhausted and slept like crazy that night!! happy friday!
Siblings fighting is such a universal truth that I fear the earth might spin off its axis should that ever change. Meanwhile, it stinks!
Shoot, mine are 4 & 1 and I have to tear them apart already. I can't wait til they're older so I can have them take out their aggression on Wii Boxing like Brady at Happily Blended suggested lol.
Sadly, mine are just starting to fight...so I'm venturing in to this territory!
What was the bump? Did you ever find out? I do that too...wait for the screaming before I go up.
Welcome to the club. My boys' incessant squabbles are driving me and hubby nuts!!!
I know how it goes. My kids also fight a lot. My daughter instantly wants the toy my son picks up even if she hasn't played with it in over a year. So then she screams for it and of course my son is all, "No, it's mine now!" and I wind up with a giant headache.
Well, I only have my son, so I can't offer you advice on getting kids to stop. But I do have two dogs... will that help? ;-)
Your head "bursting into flames" is why I get scared when summer is coming. I like teaching at least I get a couple hours off to eat lunch or plan some lessons. In the summer, I get no breaks!!
But...
My boys have gotten older. The oldest has his summer planned for the most part with high school activities - band, summer school, etc. I just have 2 more summers that I need to keep my middle schooler entertained!!!
My advice on the fighting - My boys enjoy one to one activities such as a movie or mcdonalds without their sibling. You could even just take one to the grocery store. You will be surprised by the new info that you learn when you have just one with you on errands.
The one on one time takes away some of their edginess and fight. They are looking sometimes for extra attention.
Oh my... no one gave you any tips. I will ponder more for you. I like to read the comments after I type mine. If I read them first, I forget my thoughts.
Teach your kids to read with beginner reader books at the library. Find a good library because it will have the books organized by reading level. Get your kids a pile of library books. IT IS FREE. Have an hour of quiet time in the afternoon where each has to go to a room to read or to flip through pictures.
Make a list of field trips/activities. Each kid gets a day to pick the family field trip. Since your mom and there are 3 kids, maybe you should pick the other 2 days. And, you do not have to leave the house. I field trip/activity can be a board game or art project.
Send their butts to their rooms for a good hour if they fight - usually they fall asleep!!!! Shut their doors. At least you can maybe get a little quiet time to meditate!!
I am sorry that I got here late to comment on the video below :-( Crazy spring - concerts, gardens to plant, end of the year graduations, blah blah....
I hope you get it.
I have four kids and this happens often. I don't have much of a solution except I make them apologize and hug one another. On Sundays they are not allowed to watch t.v. or play with friends and they aren't allowed to play outside so miraculously they play together. Most of the time they get along great on Sundays! I think a lot of time it is just the age or stage they are going through!
Just do what I do with my dog when he misbehaves, rub his nose in pooh and lock him outside.
It works, trust me.
Heh, I'm still laughing over your title... ;) Now I don't feel so bad being unable to give the Princess Nagger a sibling... :)
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love the blog...i think we might be kindred souls, you and me.
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