Calm parenting đ©
How do you guys stay calm when youâre upset with your kids or they do something they arenât supposed to or that irritates you? I have a 12 and 13 year old and itâs been ROUGH. I have never yelled at them, just spoken sternly if they arenât listening. But I swear i repeat myself over things that are pure common sense. Theyâve done the same ONE chore a day for an entire year now and still manage to forget. And they know they donât get allowance if they forget. Lately I feel like Iâve been so overwhelmed I just snap all the time. I try SO hard to do family things together and keep a happy household, but Iâm at a breaking point. Iâve begged my husband to help more. Itâs a classic âgood cop bad copâ situation every time they do something. He only gets onto them when he wants to, specifically our son whoâs 13 1/2. He acts like our daughter can do no wrong and itâs clear how differently he treats them sometimes. Weâve had talks CONSTANTLY about this. He tries and it gets better but then it goes back to normal. Iâm exhausted. Iâm 34 weeks pregnant and my hormones are getting the best of me. I feel like the worst mom in the world. I know this pandemic has affected them and thatâs a big reason why theyâre acting out, but itâs affected me too. We have talks with them often and keep open communication fairly well, better than I was with my parents at that age. I feel like Iâve done all I can. They have sooo much to do here, literally there is nothing I could add on besides friends physically coming over which we arenât doing. We still go to parks and live on a lake so they go outside a lot. Their cousin lives next door and theyâre allowed to see her. Itâs just constant attitude or attention seeking behavior. I just feel lost.
@ đ We both work from home. I have a flexible schedule and he works 7-3. I will say weekends are a lot easier when heâs off. I make him do majority of the grounding because they just listen better to him, however heâs awful at consistency. If they get grounded for something once, they do it again and he blows it off so they donât learn. I just feel like a huge nag when itâs always me doing it.
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