I am losing my mind.
I have a 13 yo. He is typical, except that he does actually wash, which is a blessing. But we have full on 'Kevins' every day, with extra kicking and punching doors, throwing things across the house, failure to do anything without arsey arguing about every single minute smartarse detail, hollow-eyed whitefaced days of never leaving his room, sticky tissues (argh! ALREADY! No - it's too soon...), 'plague of locust' eating marathons combined with OUTRAGE at the COMPLETE SHITE (like VEGETABLES) his father and I INSIST on buying.
The main issue is me really: I am losing all capacity to manage him alongside his equally stroppy and explosive 7 yo and 4 yo brothers. Needless to say, finding something to do with all of them is a bloody nightmare. But how do I engage the eldest's 'mature' side (hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha) to explain that yes, he does have to have different rules from the younger ones because he's, er, older and with extra responsibilities also come extra privileges blah blah blah whatever mum, talk to the hand...
Can I just get drunk until the menopause kicks in properly and wait for it to go really nuclear?
More seriously, how do I de-escalate the aggression levels so the 4yo does not have to flinch in fear most days?
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WillfSelll · 11/08/2012 19:02
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