Apr. 7, 2006
Mega-size meltdowns
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I have been amazed at my skill to
produce mega-sized meltdowns in my children. I managed to have
both kids crying at the same time - it had to do with the computer game
they were playing and me being on the phone. Anyway, I had
provoked a meltdown of both. (This homeschooling is giving me
many more opportunities to do so.) As my son was headbutting me,
I thought of a book a friend loaned me - Put Your Mother on the Ceiling
(I think is the title - I have magically misplaced it since
then!). So I opened it and started reading the chapter called
"Mother." An imagination game all about Mother, which I thought
to be appropriate since I was the source of their distress. The first
part of it was dressing Mother. Oh goodness, both children
started off with a black dress, shoes and hat. I was able to not
take it personally, and just realized that they were both mad. We got
to change the color of the dress and I think Mother ended up with
green. Anyway, by the end of the chapter, both kids had stopped sobbing
and were in much better moods. I was so amazed that it
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Apr. 13, 2006 - Laughing
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