Tue 24 Nov 2009
meltdown! takedown! taser?
Posted by Compulsive Writer under mommy dearest , talk amongst yourselves[4] Comments
here is the problem.
1. i realize many of you don’t have 12-year-olds yet, but take it from me, a 12-year-old’s meltdown can be even more dramatic than a three-year-old’s temper tantrum.
2. i also realize that many of the examples in the article are extreme (for example, we try to keep the weaponry in the closet at our house). but i can still vouch for the verity of point 1. and i have holes in walls and broken doors to prove it (and you know my kids–they are good kids).
this, obviously, isn’t the solution.
…but at the same time you still hate to see a ten-year-old Tasered,” said Vernon McDaniel.
please deposit your two cents on both the problem and a valid solution in the comments section.
oh and if you want to give yourself a pat on the back for not being likely–even on a bad day–to request a police officer use a taser on your 10-year-old, please do so now.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:18 am
It would never get to the point in my house that a taser would need to be called in (unless, perhaps, it was for me). Maybe they should’ve taken a tranquilizer dart?
But 14 yr old and 12 yr old meltdowns are not pretty.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I’m a far cry from experiencing a 12 year old meltdown, but my first thought is for them to take it outside. I don’t care what the weather is or what they are wearing. Back yard. Now.
November 25th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Soap box here:
I see this kind of stuff almost every day at work. Parents are afraid of their kids because they have let the kids rule the roost. Be the parent and make the rules and when your kid gets mad don’t give in.
I’d like to point out that the same kids that terrorize their parents are terrified of me.
I have witnessed the meltdowns of a 12 year old. Just last night. It was so ridiculous that I left the living room and went to my bedroom. She calmed down and came to talk to me. This was on the advice of our pediatrician. He said, “When the audience leaves the show is over.” and since she wasn’t breaking my house it was safe.
She also knows from watching her bros that damage done to the home will be repaired by her under the scrutiny of her daddy who doesn’t like to fix holes or broken homes.
November 29th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Thank You for your reply Klin!
I’m surfing for answers after my nephew had a meltdown because I insisted he do his homework before he watched the movie his mother rented for him. Unfortunately, many parents don’t know how to parent.