Posts by The4OfUs

Quote: Originally Posted by dbsam      I think the training point was...if you are stuck in the hallway, you need to find your own way out or a place to hide.  In her class, they suggested hiding...

I'm so sorry!  It's awful to have to watch your little one in so much pain.    although her drum might not have been ruptured this morning at the doctor's, it may be on its way - the only 2 times my daughter was...

Quote: Originally Posted by dbsam  - If the door is locked and you are in the hallway begging to come in, we cannot let you in.  The gunman might have a gun to your head and will make you say things to let you in...

Quote: Originally Posted by PB1980  Echo, That was most assuredly not something I knew about, the celiac disease that is.  I have heard of it before, but never that it could be linked to emotion problems....

Quote: Originally Posted by Polliwog  The flip side of "you may" is "you may not." The phrase isn't as definitive as you think it is. If someone told me "You may take off your shoes," I don't necessarily get the...

I just last night, after years of putting it off, read the How To Talk book, and while I already do many of the positive things mentioned, I also unfortunately have flipped into a few of the negative things too... So, today I tried the...

In conversations like this I feel like my family should be on display.  I am consistent, I follow through, I get things done if they need to be done, I explain, I expect, I discuss, I am firm and gentle (to a point, as I am human)...

Quote: Originally Posted by philomom  This conversation is making me quite sad. Do you require your hubby to explicitly ask you every time he rolls up to you for a cuddle at night? Can he never reach over and stroke your...

I go with "some things are only for grown up people" - like drinking, and driving, and voting, and - fill in whatever family values you have.....you catch my drift. It's more than just that sentence, but the convos happen organically...

Quote: Originally Posted by GoGetumTiger    Usually it's snatching of toys, tantrums, with occasional hitting.   When DH and I look shocked at the behavior, they shrug it off and say it's because we don't...