Son woke up in bad mood--keeping him home today from school

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He has a field trip and I think he would end up getting in trouble or getting

into some altercation with another child (verbally). He got great sleep but he

got all bent out of shape that his little brother wanted to watch a show. This

is odd for the mornings, so I don't know what exactly is going on. Today is

going to be hard with 3 kids home at once--all wanting my attention. I have 2

non-school aged kids as well.

I told my 8 year old he's doing homeschool today. He wasn't happy, but I made a

really good attempt to help get him out of it. I talked to him and told him he

is in charge of his attitude. He just brought it back to the fact he didn't want

to watch his brother's show. He was crying and angry and said he didn't want to

watch the show. He didn't want to go in the other room--he wanted to cry right

in the middle of everyone. I tried to do some PT with him to snap him out of it.

He did about 2 minutes with me and that was it. He's in some pissy funk still

after all my attempts. Oh, I need strength today!