mom0f4boys wrote:
> I am having such a hard time with my 3rd son. I start the day
> off with high hopes and lots of energy, and I respond to his
> negativity with a good attitude, but dammit - he just wears me down so
> badly. When my husband has the day off, he helps, but he winds up as
> frustrated as me after a while. It's ridiculous..... our son ends up
> sitting at the kitchen table and the best we can come up with,
> finally, is just "Don't talk!"
> Reasoning is useless, punishments seem unhelpful, trying to
> find him 'something else' to do is so short-lived....... we are so
> exhausted . He drives his brothers insane, he drives US insane, he is
> unhappy......... dealing with this sucks the happiness out of us, too.
> Complaining, arguing, niggling, sighing, bothering, ....always
> FUSSING... I know this boy is good and that he deserves love and
> deserves to have someone on his side. Dammit... I TRY. But he just
> kills it after a while. I'm not an endless source of goodwill.
Can you give us some examples of the kinds of things he's doing that are
difficult?
All the best,
Sarah
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