How do you deal with the ghastly circular arguments that just go round and round, with daughter trying every tactic to keep it going - blaming anyone else for the 'problem', inventing new bits to throw into the mix, volume raising etc etc? We have had several very angry versions of this over the last week over total trivia which has ended in both me and her father (seperate arguments) loosing our temper and screeching at her.
What the hell do you do to stop this? I just find it so stressful and so pointless - tonight it was about her not leaving school books in the hallway, last week it was about her getting out of bed for school.
I've tried the 'calm voice' and even the steely 'go to your room' tactic , but then she wont take any notice of that either (she's as big as me so strong arm tactics arent feasible) hence the screeching.
What do we DO?
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13 year old and 'circular' arguments
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MrsBright · 14/11/2013 19:16
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