My children had me in tears yesterday because their behaviour is so bad. I have reached a point now I have no idea what to do and I need to turn this around as I am not enjoying spending any time with them at all.
I have BBG 6 year old triplets and so the 'pack' mentality probably makes things a lot worse. I'd like to think we are pretty good parents, a nice balance between discipline and fun but we are clearly going wrong somewhere so advice is needed.
We are on holiday at the moment which seems to have made everything a lot worse. It is no exaggeration to say they literally whine from the second they get up I.e. Tooth brushing to the minute they go to bed. Compared to my own childhood I think they want for virtually nothing but nothing is ever good enough, they don't want to do this, they don't want to do that and the list goes on all day. Sometimes it actually feels like I'm on candid camera the moaning reaches such epic proportions it could only be a joke.
We've tried behaviour charts, taking pocket money away, toys away but nothing makes a consistent difference. I've tried ignoring the moaning and just praising the good behaviour but that seems to actually fuel the bad behaviour as they are then competing for attention.
I know whining is normal but compared to friends children mine are much much worse. I want to enjoy being with them but at the moment it's vutually impossible.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Thank you