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How do you do it?

post #1 of 6
10/19/08 at 2:04pm
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Do your kids fight constantly? I mean, all day every day? There is rarely a time when my kids are not fighting. If they are both in the house, then they fight. How do you deal with it? I'm at my wits end and their fighting is making me physically sick. It has to stop!
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post #2 of 6
10/19/08 at 9:50pm

Re: How do you do it?

Some days when they fight, I just tune them out. Some days I feel like their rooms need to be emptied of everything...lol. In fact, it is something that DH's family did at their house with the kids there. They took all the wires for everything. The computers, the cable wires for the tv, the dvd wires, the phone got unplugged outside, . Toys to the room in the garage and locked. Heck they were lucky they had clothes by the time they were done. They had their tv, computers, xbox to look at but nothing they could plug in anywhere.
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post #3 of 6
10/20/08 at 9:08am

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Unless my kids are occupied with other friends in the house, they fight constantly ... and I break them up constantly. It gets old and I honestly don't know what to do about it. I, like Wendy, tune it out sometimes because what can you do.
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post #4 of 6
10/20/08 at 9:31am

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For now, mine get along pretty well most of the time. Of course, the little one can't talk much.
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post #5 of 6
10/21/08 at 12:36am
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Mine have lost everything and the last 2 days have actually been fairly peaceful. the one time they really got into it (tongiht) I came down on them HARD and they both stopped immediately. I'm anxious to see how things change once Ally starts on her meds.
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post #6 of 6
8/11/10 at 7:18pm

Re: How do you do it?

kids are kids and they will fight. It's how you react to it is the main thing. Set your position clearly and let them know there will be harsh consequences for it. If kids don't respect each other they won't respect themselves or you. All 4 of my big kids know that mommy don't go for fighting. If they do then they know it will be harsh and long punishment. I won't spank them but I will strip them of everything they have access to for weeks. If you set a kid in a room for a week with nothing to do but think of their actions they won't repeat it. It took me 1 time of grounding all 6 of them for 2 weeks from everything during the summer for them to realize it is not tolerated in our house. With 6 kids you have to be stern cause it can get real bad real fast!
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