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OK, I'm really struggling to keep perspective at the moment. My 4 1/2 year old DS is pushing every button I have and has for more than a month now. He screams/cries/whines (all at once) about everything. "It's not fair" seems to be the motto of the moment. He won't cooperate with anything, fun or not-so-fun. He regularly tells me he doesn't like me and he thinks I don't like him. At the moment, he's not far off. He's generally being a real pain in the whatever.
So, in response to some of the other "authorative discipline is bad" threads lately, I start to yearn for what those methods claim they produce. An instantly obedient kid who doesn't cry or scream, who will follow requests, who doesn't hit or kick me or baby sister, who goes to be bed when told to, who eats what is on his plate... Basically, a Stepford Kid. Yeah, the method they use the get there turns my stomach. But the results sound so appealing.
Someone, please remind me why I don't want to go this route?
So, in response to some of the other "authorative discipline is bad" threads lately, I start to yearn for what those methods claim they produce. An instantly obedient kid who doesn't cry or scream, who will follow requests, who doesn't hit or kick me or baby sister, who goes to be bed when told to, who eats what is on his plate... Basically, a Stepford Kid. Yeah, the method they use the get there turns my stomach. But the results sound so appealing.
Someone, please remind me why I don't want to go this route?