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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I really struggle with those cases too. If I flat out tell my kid "No" and he gets upset? That makes perfect sense to me. But so often now he's having a meltdown and I am literally saying, "Why are you crying? You will get everything you want if we just finish this thing first!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

If it helps at all, since posting this she has gotten better at dealing with stuff like this.