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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never found that it is really productive to do things like take the door off or force a kid to have a conversation they don't want to have on your timetable.  What I would do is send a text advising that I wanted to talk and here are the specific things I want to discuss. When he is ready to come out of his room, come see me prepared to talk.

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Exactly. So you get the door off and talk AT your kid, and you "win," but nothing is accomplished.. Kid isn't  going to listen. I know this is unpopular, but let the kid her his/her privacy for a little bit and time to cool down. What is is it that you need to say that needs to be said now?

A lot of parents on here look at parenting as power and con tool: when they "lose it," they feel they have been taken advantage of or are bad parents or can't stand to lose a point in some game they have made up in their heads. In reality, letting a kid lock his door and shut it out for a little but will be far more productive than Mommy Dearest tactics.[/quote]

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