HELP! I am seriously wondering if I should have ever had children. I love my 2 dc so incredibly much, but my 4 yo never listens to me. It's getting so frustrating that everytime I ask for something, even as simple as "let me finish doing this" that I end up screaming at him, because he just won't listen. It'a a horrible pattern, I ask nicely at first, firmly second, third, fourth time and then I yell. He's even asking me "why do you have to yell at me?" and today I said, "it's because I feel like you don't listen to me unless I yell." I feel like our relationship is becoming conditioned to this pattern. What can I do? I don't want this for us. He's very bright and precocious, and I just don't know how to handle it.

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  • HELP! I am seriously wondering if I should have ever had children. I love my 2 dc so incredibly much, but my 4 yo never listens to me. It's getting so frustrating that everytime I ask for something, even as simple as "let me finish doing this" that I end up screaming at him, because he just won't listen. It'a a horrible pattern, I ask nicely at first, firmly second, third, fourth time and then I yell. He's even asking me "why do you have to yell at me?" and today I said, "it's because I feel like you don't listen to me unless I yell." I feel like our relationship is becoming conditioned to this pattern. What can I do? I don't want this for us. He's very bright and precocious, and I just don't know how to handle it.

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    • LOL, you could be talking about my DH! He never listens...just says, uh-huh, uh-huh; hears, but doesn't listen. I feel your pain.

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      06.06.09, 07:00 AM Flag
    • read the Ames book. 4 can be a very trying age, but if you understand why he's acting the way he is and understand that it's very normal for that age-group, it's easier to be patient. at least that's the way it worked for me

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      06.06.09, 07:02 AM Flag
    • I would try reading a parenting book for kids that age. Sometimes we get so locked into a system that we should read up on other ways to deal with it. Trust me there are enough books out there with tons of great advise.

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      06.06.09, 03:05 PM Flag
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