The house of tiny tearaways, what do you think?

fsdss

fsdss,
i don't want to hijack this thread at all but do you actually work with behaviour problems ? if so do you mind if i send you a PM about an issue that i'd rather not write about on here.

If not don't worry

p.m in your box

i have recommended a couple of books (1 being parent friendly), that you could get from your library.

plumpmouse

Hiya

IMO this programme is great. Tanya seems such a lovely woman and she gets results.

If you need help who cares what others think. As someone said before it is incredibly brave to say hang on a minute I've got it wrong.

I'd go for it

There is a book to accompany the series you could get that out of the library and have a look

Good luck

tee_pee_2

I was reading an article today about supernanny Jo Frost abd the series is on normal TV but I am such an air head can't remember which channel.

across

channel four i think! it is great that!

Feisty_Fairy

Thanks guys! My OH has just read this thread so i am hoping it will help him to see things differently.

I will let you know how i go when i find out and what my decision is!

Regards

Feisty!

Feisty_Fairy

Hey there everyone!

Last night my OH announced he DID NOT want to go ahead if we were offered a place on the show!

He then wole me arounfd 6am this morning and said he had thought about it some more and agreed its worth a try!

YEAH!!!!!

So just got to keep my fingers crossed that they want us!

Will keep you posted!

Regards

Feisty!

margaretclare

Hi Feisty

I watched the last in the series of 'Honey we're killing the kids' last evening - there is apparently a book available by Kristina Murrin based on the series.

I was struck by how often the same advice appears. Parents: stop smoking - your children are suffering the effects just as if they were smoking themselves. Limit TV time to 2 hours a day. Remove all TV sets and computer games, play-stations etc from children's bedrooms. Ensure daily routine: get up in time for (healthy) breakfast, bedtime at set times, and sleep, not playing games or watching TV in bedroom. Healthy eating - no sweets, junk foods etc. On the programme last evening, the 3 kids actually took to eating from the healthy menu choices at school, but wouldn't eat what their mother cooked!! Reason for their reliance on take-aways, McDonald's etc was that mother couldn't cook, and said she was 'too tired' after her job at Asda. When Dad started cooking, his meals actually went down better than mum's attempt at mushroom risotto!

Also structured family exercise - go-karting for dad and son, pottery for mum and girls. Bike-rides for whole family. 'Made them feel more like a family' the girls said. Dad said 'although they all lived in the same house, they'd hardly done anything together, hardly knew each other as individuals!' Oh, and eating at a table instead of on your lap on the sofa - that was given great importance.

Feisty, I don't know how much (if any) of this you could identify with. But it seems to me that all these things are fairly basic and would be worth a try, if in fact any of them apply. I discovered years ago the value of something as simple as eating at a table without the TV on. My first husband and I used to foster 'troubled teenagers' for a while, and one social worker was amazed. He said that the young lad he was proposing to send us 'had never in his life eaten a meal at home sitting at a table'.

Aunty Margaret

Feisty_Fairy

Hi again

Margaret, i agree with you about the advice being almost the same across the board.

We do most of them anyway, ie eat at the table (all together when we can), we dont let them have too much junk (both e sensitive boys). Also try for as much family time etc as possible. We both quit smoking about 3 years ago and we try and eat as healthily as we all can. The eldest does have his computer in his room but he is allowed no more than 1 hour on it per day, (usually only goes on it at weekends anyway). And they have set bedtimes etc also.

I am eager to try and get more family time for us though as im sure this would help us all, should be easier now the weather should start to improve!

Thanks Aunty! lol

Feisty!

homersimpson_3

i personally wouldn't go on a show like this but then again everyone is different. i think virtually all the advice on shows like this is basic and gets recycled from one to another.

I am eager to try and get more family time for us though as im sure this would help us all,

- why just not review structure of day, distribution of household chores, can you get home from work earlier etc (the usual list).

mistyarthur

Homer I would share the same view as you but sometimes it's not so easy as to just do what it says in a book, you need someone to watch and make sure you are doing it right otherwise you doubt yourself especially if it doesn't have instant results which most of the methods taught don't. If your child has been misbehaving for a while it is hard to just change overnight because you are worn down and are more likely to give in, but on the week away you would be watched so couldn't and hopefully on return home it is a routine already.
The show is the equivelant of getting a free intesive course which I presume would cost a lot otherwise.