Originally posted by Cookiebaker
ACGAS, I really agree with you.

What was the big deal that you couldn't have shut the clock off yourself??? He wasn't asking you to move a mountain.

When you learn to respect an adult, they in turn learn to respect you. But how do you EVER expect that they will respect you if you never go out of your way to do what they want??

And why was it so hard for him to shut it off if he was standing right there?

What is him acting violent going to teach the kid? And perhaps if he asked nicely she may have done it. I know when I am more happier towards my son he is more willing to do things for me, like pick up his toys etc.

When I was younger I would clean our house spotless all the time, and I never even got a "thank you" from my mother. Now, I tell her to get off her a$$ and do it herself because she obviously doesn't apprecite it when I do it anyway.

Dan does this to me all the time, he asks, no more like tells me to go fetch him something. He has two legs, and I am not his slave, he can do it himself.

I have learned that I am going to treat my children how I want them to treat me when I get older. Ask nicely, don't TELL, because then they won't want to do it anymore. Either way, he shouldn't have exploded like that and threw the clock at the wall. What happens the next time he gets pissed? What is he going to do, hit her mother, or worse hit the child?