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09-01-2016, 04:39 PM | #1 |
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pop quiz
You're in the kitchen cleaning up after dinner and 7 yo and 3 yo boys are playing in the living room out of sight. 3 yo starts screaming at 7 yo (as in the 7 yo has most like taken something from or hurt the 3 yo). What do you start with? Something to say because you're elbow deep in soapy water? Pretend they can hear you over the fussy baby in the highchair in the kitchen with you.
I'm guessing that yelling at the 7 yo 'what did you do to your brother'? is not the right answer? How do you get the truth out in the most reasonable manner to all concerned?
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09-01-2016, 05:02 PM | #2 |
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Re: pop quiz
Step 1: I yell (yes, yell, simply because the volume is necessary) to have both boys come in to the kitchen. Then address it from there... No need to have the entire conversation across the house.
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09-01-2016, 06:27 PM | #3 |
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Re: pop quiz
Once they are both there, I usually ask something like, "I heard so and so yelling. What was happening?" And then someone will explain that so and so yelled because the other one pushed him. Once we have established that, I ask for more information by saying something like, "what was happening when you pushed him" and then I hear how the pushee had grabbed a toy that wasn't theirs.
I have been consistent enough and calm enough that they know they can be honest (so far anyway) and that I understand there are usually multiple things going on.
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09-01-2016, 06:52 PM | #4 |
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Re: pop quiz
For me once there is loud screaming at that time I have to run for them because my 3 year old can throw a punch and hurt my 7 year old, glasses will also get snatched and thrown. I try to get hand on them so they stop escalating, and then ask who ever is freaking out less to tell me what happened.
If it is earlyer in the day when things are less likely to escalate I will start my yelling stop and calling them in.
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09-01-2016, 07:03 PM | #5 |
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Re: pop quiz
This-I never asked who started it or what they did, always " what happened right before x" and what happened before that. Working backwards seems to work really well at getting to the facts....they are too busy thinking back to blame shift or warp the story and it seems to keep things calmer. I usually followed up with asking them what each of them could have done to handle their part of the situation better.
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09-02-2016, 11:52 AM | #6 |
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Re: pop quiz
I like what happened before x. I am doing that from now on.
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