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[quote=Anonymous]Op here.

I’m just bumping this up.

We continue to struggle hard with meltdowns.

DS is turning 4 next month.

I feel like we go hours and hours now where he’s melting down and we are in appeasement mode trying to deescalate.

So for example, on Sunday DS wanted to watch TV all day. We allowed him to watch an hour and then turned the TV off. We spent the rest of the day with DS either screaming/melting down wanting TV, or in a momentary reprieve from him asking for TV (never lasting more than a few minutes). This went on from 9 AM until bed time at 8 PM. We left the house and went to the park, DS screamed the whole drive for TV. We went swimming (we live in a California), DS refused to get in and laid next to the pool screaming for 45 minutes begging for TV. No matter what we did, he would not let it go. He probably asked for TV more than 1000 times (I am serious!!).

I feel completely defeated. What do I do? I don’t know how to parent my son. I feel shattered, exhausted, discouraged.[/quote]

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