You are kind of my hero. To be staying the course in the midst of this craziness...I just don't think I could do it.
If you're looking for an amazing resource for discipline, try Elaine Mazlish and Adele Faber's book _How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk_. They have a version for teachers which completely transformed my management, and I know a gazillion parents who love the parent version.
The cool thing about the book is it gives you a ton of strategies, is WAY easy to read, and even has cartoons to help you see how various strategies might work in action. Plus it's like 10.95 on Amazon, $12 in a bookstore. It's also really loving and compassionate and focuses on communication over trying to "control" kids.
No advice for you beyond that. You are good people, FIB!
SD
Last edited by SDFoundGirl; 07/14/0912:37 AM.
Me: 40 H: 43 H had EA from 2/06-9/06 Bomb 5/06 Piecing since 9/2006 3/2008: Boundary setting 7/2009: Boundary crossing~dropped my own bomb. 8/2010: Marriage finally on track!
