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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Yesterday, i was helping my 5 year old with homework and my 4 year old climbed up the fence, he can do that in a few min. And he went on the roof..he has done it before and we told him how dangerouse it was extra. So now today, he cant go outside...I'll have to stand infront of the doors a lot...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Single, I am thankful for your openness. My husband is out of the house working from 6 am until around 6:30 pm...I know he could do something on line or read..but it would be hard for him. He was also abused as a child so...its hard. But what i found recently was a map going from his work to...
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    Free range kids...

    I try my best to keep my kids safe, but if they dont listen...I cant stop them from doing what they want to do most of the time.
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Ak, thank you, I will try and get my kids interested to help me in what Im doing more. I keep knifes out of there reach. They do not sit still for me if I ask them to...the only way I can get them to is to hold them in a time out and they struggle to be free. single, I belive every person is...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Well, I do thank you very much for the advice you give and I will try it, the best I can. I do have the book PET..I have read a bit of it before even finding this site. I do find it very difficult to foucus on reading with the kids around..but I will try to read about the I-messages. I also have...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Ya, I dont know..there could be parisites and germs...could get into there mouth ears and eyes. But I do understand I need to try and relax more and have more fun with them. I really do hate mess and mud. I rinsed the clothes and shoes outside, then washed them. Not that big of a deal..nethier...
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    A request from Bryan...

    Thank you...I will make sure they know how dangerouse trians are ..not many around here so I tell them about cars mostly. I'm so sorry you had to experiance that. I pray for the family and the boy.
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    Divorce wrong or right?...

    The reason for divorce is what makes it wrong or right. Love is a choice, it is NOT just an emotion...feelings come and go and you can also learn to control your feelings..don't we always love our kids..no matter what? Sometimes we may feel we just want them to go away...but we know we would do...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    When he asks for a bananna, right before dinner..I do usually say no...not until after dinner...so I should say, not now, but after dinner? Maybe that would sound better to them. But I think he would still throw a fit. My kids played in mud yesterday threw it on eachother and the dog. There...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Thank you, I tried to listen to that clip, but the speakers on my pc are not very good..I could hardly hear anything he was saying. I'm going to use the alarm on my phone, for now with my kids as a timer..when I feel I need it. I'm just not sure about the pie thing, sounds neat..but the way my...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Akmom, thank you..I know I should play with them more..but I do need to be reminded to do so..life is so stressful and busy, but my baby's ARE the most important to me right now and spending time with them having fun, will give them good memories to hold on to. bssage, you have given me great...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    I stopped asking my husband, becuase it doesnt help, just makes things worse, he is not able to be open and honest, so I just try to think the best..very difficult as it sometimes is. I did go out side many times and told them, it is dark and I can't realy see them come inside. They didnt...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    So, right now, my husband called me and siad his tier is going flat ..he calls at 6:20..he gets off work around 5..he siad he is still at the office. Why call and hour and a half after finding out your tire is bad..uh..my kids are out side running around, they wont come in. They even almost...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Thank you, your answers are very complete and helpful. I will try and answer your questions the best I can. My husband never yells at me or hits me or calls names. He is not honest with me or open or transparent...he is unable. This hurts me. My Dad was very controlling and I have always felt...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    I could right a list, i've thought about it. But I have no idea how to inforce it or to make it a reality. 1. I never want anyone to hit me or yell at me or call me names. 2. I do not want to be told what to do. 3. I do not want demands placed on me. 4. I want others to listen when I talk to...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Thank you, you are both very helpful. I will try to make that lista and I plan on it but...I do feel very pressured for time. I can never even half way finish, my laundry, cleaning, cooking and careing for my kids, stopping there fights extra. It is also difficult emotionaly for me to write...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Oh..my duaghter...she is living with her boyfriend and two kids about two hours away from me...I want to see her more...but I dont feel I can. She was good to my boys..but she didnt help much. She moved out about two years ago. She was from my first marrage..her father was a drug abuser...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    Thank you everyone for you responds. My husband and I both spoon feed both of our kids when they are messing around instead of eating. Our 5 year old has gotten better but or 4 year old...pretty much every meal he ends up having at least half of it fed to him. We both have spanked our kids...
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    Troubles with my 5 and 4 year old boys...

    I feel like a slave often, in my home. I do almost everything for my kids. I even feed them sometimes..otherwise they sometimes will not eat, or they take forever. I dress them most of the time to..becuase they take to long. I know these things are my fualt. :( But it is so hard when your in a...
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    SPANKING revisited...

    OKie..I will post another thread when I can...but I'm wondering how can the book Kazdin be dangerouse?