Thread: Bad Mother
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Old Apr 28, 2009, 02:06 PM
reina29 reina29 is offline
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Originally Posted by Sannah View Post
So you are in a negative cycle with your son? You can turn this around by spending positive time with him doing something with him. Children respond very well to positive attention.

This is very good advice and I try regularly to do so. However, the minute I have to go do something else, he gets mad. He is happy when he has my complete attention but if I turn my attention elsewhere, he is instantly upset and throws a tantrum. He also tends to try and bully me during our play sessions. He likes to control them. If we are playing a game, he tells me all the rules and constantly gets upset with me when I don't do things exactly his way. If we are reading, he names the book and then instantly seems to stop paying attention or will tell me I am reading it wrong. (He is a kindergartner who reads at 3rd grade level and is in special classes at school.) I try really hard to give positive attention but I am so worn down by the negative things he does that I have no energy left and no will left in which to force myself to be positive.