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Monday, July 11, 2011
not coming in first while playing a video game=early morning drama
This morning I was downstairs making breakfast for the boys when I heard much crying upstairs. At first, I thought the boys were fighting. When I started to walk to the bottom of the stairs to see what they were fighting about, I heard Bob in the library. He was on the computer. I yelled up the stairs to SJ to see why he was crying. Apparently, he lost while playing some Wii game. It doesn't really matter which one it was. He tends to have huge meltdowns when he doesn't come in first in any video game that he plays. I told him that he needed to come downstairs and eat breakfast. Sometimes the distraction technique works for him (not this morning). You should have seen his little face. It was all red and wet with tears. I asked him what was wrong and he told me through his sobs, "I can't ever win!" Bob and I tried to reassure him that everyone wants to win, but sometimes you just don't. We used examples of Olympians, NASCAR drivers and even other kids. To make matters worse, I (being the worst mother in the world--obviously) asked him to cut up his pancakes. The tears then turned into screams about how he can't cut the pancakes too. Poor SJ! He had such a rough start to his day. Eventually, he calmed down and I told him he could play Wii again if he promised to not get so mad. I told him he has to control himself and his anger. He said he didn't think he could do it, but I asked him to try his best. Fortunately, the rest of the day was "rampage" free. This is why I don't play video games. It is way too much drama before 9 a.m.
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Congrats on following through with the pancakes--after a morning like this I would have been so tempted to give in...!!!
ReplyDeleteI was, but I reminded myself that it is always the easier solution to give in. I am pretty bullheaded, so I never go with the easier solution.
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