My mantra this year has been to cut way back on negotiating!! I was making too many exceptions, when we were late for school or what have you. Now I'm way stricter! When I say something, there's no negotiation.
This morning was a fiasco though. My no negotiation policy resulted in a 40-minute tantrum from my daughter. She is unstoppable when she tantrums! Made me want to just get back into bed and give up on the day. Finally she gave in and at long last I had my Pyrrhic victory.
Do you ever negotiate with your mini-terrorist?
Like if the kid wants to stay home a little later on a weekday, it is really not good for my work hours, but I feel for him and give in a little unless people are counting on me to be on time. It's horribly inconvenient, but not so unreasonable. My biggest help is getting him to understand what later means... most of the things I can't let him do are really fine, just at a different time 
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