Feeling so bad - help

meritaten

I just have this to say - HIS behaviour led to YOU losing it!!! at which point do you think the situation could have been turned around by dealing with it differently? at the melt down with Lego? the DS? suppertime? playing outside?
do you see what I am getting at? at no point in your post did you mention the measures you took to discipline him at these points. if you had - then the outcome may have been different. if you have said about it since i apoligise as i havent read all the pages.
but, and its a big BUT, you are only human and you too, have a breaking point! explain that to your son but please stress it was HIS behaviour that led up to it!!! and dont beat yourself up about it! we are all allowed mistakes you know!

nickyhutch

emsywoo123 wrote: »

Clearly, when I made my post, I knew that there would be a backlash as I mentioned.

The difference between what I may have done and what the OP has done is that I have never, and know that I would never, physically lash out at my child.

I shall leave you lot to your mutual hugs and never mind we are not perfect.

And yes I am being smug that I have never slapped nor would I slap my child, and I really don't care.

I shall leave the thread now so you can all carry on saying (if not explicitly) that it does not matter.

You really can't be sure of that.

meritaten

lmao - I was hit as a child and swore I would never NEVER do that - but I got pushed too far and hit one of my kids across the face! so learned a valuabled lesson - anyone of us can be pushed into violence!