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Cindy Mac wrote:
Not that I'm glad that others' homes are being destroyed, but you are all making me feel like I'm not alone anymore.  |
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Oh yes, I must agree that this makes me feel a little better 
But my guy is only 2 so I have so many years ahead of me 
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Nothing much more to add-- they are rough and tumble! My oldest used to be worse when he was four, so maybe he grew out of it a little bit??
Good luck-- you are sooooooooooooooooooo not alone! 
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Hmm, after reading this thread, I am a little worried about my non-destructive son - am I stifling his creativity???
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Tracy,
I'm sure he's fine. The damage is exponential the more you have. Sometimes, too, there is one in particular who is the ring leader.
My 8yo son usually leads the troops into the chaos and usually he does not mean harm, but . . . 
Even the babysitter has him pegged. The other children says she panics if she cannot find him or he has been missing for a while because after that one food coloring incident (the Wilton paste kind). . . . .
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My 4 yob is a mouse killer. So far, that's the only deliberate destruction we've had. Our boys *do* tend to be more careless than the girls and thus break more.
Oh, and once, when we were staying in a hotel, my oldest, then 8, took apart the dishwasher door because his younger brother dropped a matchbox car down into it. He managed to get it back together with almost all of its pieces. 
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Oh, mercy me...
Twins...boys...after three girls (who are destructive in and of their own right, but still)....
At least I know DH did SOME things. Like set fire to a couple of acres in KS...ahem.
But he has a real problem with the girls doing typical destructive kid things (marker on the walls/furniture...toys ripped apart, books ripped apart....sigh And by books, I mean the solid sturdy kind. We don't leave paper paged books in there, and the board books get destroyed.
Sheesh.
And now I have boys. Two of them the same age. May God have mercy on me...let them be laid back. Please Lord...
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My 3 yo ds is more destructive than his other three brothers put together! I have yet to put curtains in their bedroom. I need to replace the blinds on one window. Dh replaced our window blinds immediately after he broke them, twice. My living room curtain rods get bent all the time. I need to replace the curtains to match new furniture coming Sat. and I am having trouble thinking about it
My lil guy demands he is "Superman"...justifying his attempts at flying.
I remember so well when he was 11/2-2 yrs and if he got a sword in hand or vacuum attachment..he would walk around trying to knock pictures off the wall or statues and such off shelves.
I look at him now as a "Doer" and I have to have things for him to do!
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Question: Is there remorse (of course, the answer depends upon the age of the child in question) when you scold for destructive behavior?
I've had some that shrug and say, "So what?" but then have grown out of that attitude.
My current 4 yo either gets really upset and says something like, "But I still love you, Mommy." or he giggles and shrugs as if to say, "Sorry, but it's done and it was kind of fun."
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Well, I have mostly girls, so the destruction around here takes a more "artistic" route. My girls have colored, with just about every medium you can imagine, on every wall in this house. Nice, white, flat paint!  We have murals, stick people, names written (not real smart there- can't blame that on the 3 yr old! ). My 11 yr old even drew a target on her wall with chalk so she could practice her pitching with a tennis ball! Bad idea, all around!
Of course, my boys have contributed some. Like the apple fight they had in the foyer the week we moved it. One stood on the balcony and the other in the foyer and they pegged pieces of apple at each other. There are still marks on the ceiling. Good grief! We just can't have nice things!!
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esperanza wrote:
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That's interesting because I call my most destructive a "doer" also. It is the same. . .that I HAVE to keep him DOING something good. He is a great kid who needs projects.
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