Impossible Children
Nov. 27th, 2005 07:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yesthattomOne of my sisters works as a nanny. Whenever we get together I hear a lot of stories about parents with “impossible children” that become entirely manageable once the parents leave the house and they are lone with her. She has a bunch of simple rules and techniques that enforce boundaries. She’s constantly educating parents about how child say they want everything, but what they really want is consistency from their parents. It’s comforting and reassuring to get that consistency. Alas, when a child is crying they give in.
I work as a system administrator. Whenever I talk other system administrators they say how their users demand everything and their boss doesn’t know what they are doing. It’s really about setting boundaries. A document on the internal IT web page that says the scope of responsibility goes a long way towards giving the sysadmins the ability to say “no”. An occasional, “I’m sorry, but we don’t do that. You need to call the vendor yourself, or complain to my boss.” reinforces boundaries.
I keep hearing a radio commercial for The Total Transformation Method of parenting. I get the feeling that they’re just teaching the basic frameworks that parenting classes teach, but backs you up with a toll-free number you can call when you have an urgent question.
Has anyone reading this LJ tried the TTM stuff with their kids? Any comments or reviews?
And most importantly, since the DVD is free (you pay $15 shipping), would it be rude to carry 2-3 around with me and hand them to parents that can’t control their kids?
I work as a system administrator. Whenever I talk other system administrators they say how their users demand everything and their boss doesn’t know what they are doing. It’s really about setting boundaries. A document on the internal IT web page that says the scope of responsibility goes a long way towards giving the sysadmins the ability to say “no”. An occasional, “I’m sorry, but we don’t do that. You need to call the vendor yourself, or complain to my boss.” reinforces boundaries.
I keep hearing a radio commercial for The Total Transformation Method of parenting. I get the feeling that they’re just teaching the basic frameworks that parenting classes teach, but backs you up with a toll-free number you can call when you have an urgent question.
Has anyone reading this LJ tried the TTM stuff with their kids? Any comments or reviews?
And most importantly, since the DVD is free (you pay $15 shipping), would it be rude to carry 2-3 around with me and hand them to parents that can’t control their kids?
