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In a message dated 7/7/00 3:22:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
tn-k4of5@... writes:

<< OK...mine are toddlers. So what do you do when you ask them to take care
of a chore (pickng up a mess of toys, say) and they throw a tantrum and
refuse? I try to get them involved, I make a game of it, I help out, I even
will tell them that the toy will be in time out for a few days if they cannot
care for it properly by putting it away when they are done with it.

But they are at the unreasonable and emotionally explosive age when they
cannot always be talked into something, no matter how sound the reasoning.
In the end, I get exponentially more stress and work than if I had just done
it myself, and they seem to have gotten no easier to convince yet, most of
the time. Plus I have a very hyperactive three year old, which complicates
things all the more.

Nanci K>> Boy, you said it! My 3 yr old is so difficult these days--loves
to dump out everything, but it's like pulling teeth to get him to help clean
up. He will start crying and often throw a tantrum. It is very frustrating.
~Karen