I know how you feel. I thought I was the only one feeling this way. I lie awake at night sometimes thinking, "I'm doing this all wrong." Of course, it doesn't help that my mother thinks I'm not hard enough on my kids. She thinks I should spank them for every little thing. Old school, I guess. I do discipline my kids (TO, sit in room), but sometimes it just seems that the discipline just isn't working. I've read 3 different books on raising kids, but nothing I've tried seems to change their behavior?? My DS is definintely much harder to deal with than my DDs. He is what they call "the strong-willed child." I will say that since they turned 3 in Sept., they have gotten better. Plus they are in preschool now and that has helped too. But, I still sometimes feel like they are "winning the war" KWIM? Sometimes my husbands will say, "the patients have taken over the asylum." I have to admit that sometimes I have to wonder, am I making any progress here???

Joan
mom to Caroline, Erin and Robbie
born 9/26/05 @ 35 weeks
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