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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - I was talking about my own anger but in response to child's frequent tantrum/meltdowns over what should be happy family experiences. [/quote]

I have a short fuse in general. For me, when I'm physically uncomfortable, it's the worst. Like if I need to go pee and my DS isn't ready to leave or if I'm hungry and we are getting home and kid won't start homework. Self-knowledge is the key! Because I know these things about myself, I try to avoid those situations now. I go to the bathroom before I pick up DS. I eat a small snack before I say something I regret to DS.

I can appreciate that you have a certain image of how these "happy family experiences" are going to go. You need to let go of those images. They are not helping you and in fact they are setting you up to feel angry at your child for "ruining" that dream. I'd suggest you consider going into family events with lower expectations (it will be what it will be) and/or not expending a lot of energy or expense on them, so that they are more modest affairs.[/quote]

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