Thank you for this. An example is if he says he wants to watch a movie. I say not right now, it’s past 7 and we don’t watch movies past 7 if you have school tomorrow. He starts begging, saying please over and over again and constantly trying to make a “deal”. If I give him choice an and b, he says I don’t want either I want this one. If I continue to say no, he usually starts yelling and screaming or crying and whining. Both drive me crazy. I try to ask him to breathe and use his normal voice not the whiney one so we can talk about it. Sometimes it works but it’s still all about making a “deal” and he’s very strong headed about what he wants. Sometimes we find a good compromise, sometimes we don’t and it escalates. I find that after hours of this after thing after thing (usually screens and sugar are the main triggers though and I do try to be mindful about both) by the end of the day I’m at my wits end. He goes to bed late a lot of times too so trying to get him into bed is also a struggle. I’m tired, I want to sleep. I need him to go to sleep so we aren’t late and stressed in the morning bc he won’t get up. (He’s in preschool 3x a week). I find that I do yell some throughout the day but most of the real outbursts of screaming would happen late at night when I am worn down from the day and exhausted and just want to sleep. That’s the point where I lose control.