I'm an echo today, but that definitely sucks about how the gift exchange is handled. I can understand wanting to open gifts early...it give you a way to entertain the kids, but the later dynamic is really not okay. Maybe you could suggest a method by which each child opens one present earlier in the day and then the rest wait? There's got to be a way to manage it, but it will take dialogue and honesty.
As for the response to tantrums and punishments, I totally agree that sudden apocalypse is counter-productive, and rather similar to Codelia's tantrums themselves. Her responses are pretty predictable (the hiding, and the needing one specific item) and should be manageable with a little forethought.
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Date: 2008-12-29 04:57 pm (UTC)As for the response to tantrums and punishments, I totally agree that sudden apocalypse is counter-productive, and rather similar to Codelia's tantrums themselves. Her responses are pretty predictable (the hiding, and the needing one specific item) and should be manageable with a little forethought.