tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19771841.post4890690764900836834..comments2023-11-02T09:15:44.622-04:00Comments on Kab's Creative Concepts: Surrender to The Super MomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19771841.post-10658250350050651532008-01-22T11:12:00.000-05:002008-01-22T11:12:00.000-05:00Gosh, Kerry, I feel your pain. I truly do. It's ...Gosh, Kerry, I feel your pain. I truly do. It's so very hard raising "good kids" these days. There are way too many distractions, and "the world" can be such a "bad" place with way too much violence on tv, video games, on the streets. UGH! <BR/><BR/>I still remember the day I took all of my daughter's toys and "threw them away." I put them all in huge black trash bags, while she watched and cried, and hid them. She was younger than your son so it was easier. All she had was her furniture and her clothes. I felt so bad but it worked. For a while.<BR/><BR/>Ellen is right. Consistency. It can be hard but you'll feel better and less like pulling your hair out.<BR/><BR/>I'll think of you as you work with your son. My daughter, at almost 22, has major anxiety and panic issues and I've finally got her back home and we're working together to get on track. It can be done, my friend. <BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>LeslieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19771841.post-90970636601547482262008-01-22T10:57:00.000-05:002008-01-22T10:57:00.000-05:00Kerry,God Bless you! I know with having a full-ti...Kerry,<BR/>God Bless you! I know with having a full-time job and an almost 3 year old that parenting is the HARDEST job I have ever had. I love it, but nothing has ever made me cry more than being a parent. As a nurse and a mother my heart goes out to you with the medical issues you have and are facing. You and your husband are doing the best you can, that is all anyone could ask. I too have read a library full of parenting books, and have taken great advice from each of them. There is not one way better than the other. I love your Job-Jar-Day idea! Please keep your chin up. Do not be too hard on yourself or your loved ones! The one rule that I chant in my head as a parent, I actually learned as a nurse, "Firm, Fair and Consistent". It goes through my head 20 times a day. I am not saying it will work for everyone, but I thought I would let you know what works for me! Please Take care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19771841.post-55979668285249037332008-01-22T09:35:00.000-05:002008-01-22T09:35:00.000-05:00Thanks for your input Ellen. Andrew and the bi-pol...Thanks for your input Ellen. <BR/><BR/>Andrew and the bi-polar diagnosis, it is something I haven't shared here on the blog really. Telling Andrew's life story would take a whole blog in itself. But, know that it isn't a diagnosis that has been rushed into. We have spent YEARS working with doctors trying to figure out what is going on with Andrew and how we can best help him. We are learning that what we are doing right now, isn't working. We'll get things figured out though. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again!<BR/>And this morning went GREAT!!Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346029743456538332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19771841.post-81925630305870541462008-01-22T09:16:00.000-05:002008-01-22T09:16:00.000-05:00Consistency is the key. If you lay down a "law," ...Consistency is the key. If you lay down a "law," they need to know you mean business and won't cave.<BR/>My dad used to say that breaking a bad habit takes 3 days.<BR/>The early bipolar diagnosis worries me a bit as it can only be made (to my knowledge) via interview. There's no lab test that makes the call.<BR/>My son's best friend was diagnosed with a serious mental illness in college. Turns out it was just a bad year - he's a very successful lawyer now.<BR/>Once a kid is labled, it can color the rest of his/her life.<BR/>Keep on keepin' on, chica.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com