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[quote=Anonymous]OP, a lot of good advice already. If possible I would: Use vacation time to get yourself in the right mental state to work on real loving boundary setting and connecting with the kids without your phone. So you take a week off, rest during the day, really engage with kids one on one, then follow a Janet Lansbury approach. Help them with a lot and stay very connected but also set modest expectations and limits. Then hold the the limits and deal with the reaction. It won’t be pretty but can shift the dynamic. She explains it very well on the podcast. Also, her concept of positive momentum is critical, and it depends on your own mental state. I’m convinced that MC parents of young kids in the trenches need to allocate their a vacation days and travel budget to survival/recuperation/household help rather than actual vacations. It’s just so hard. [/quote]
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