How do i get my 3 kids ages 6-1/2 & Twin 4yr olds to stop interupting my conversations.Every time me and my soon to be ex try and talk, one of the children just talks right over us. We have tried timeouts to no avail and it just is getting more & more frustrating. Any suggestions would help.

Hi,
Maybe trying the following will work.

Sit them down and explain that Mommy and Daddy have got some serious talking to do.And if they persist in interupting they will be ignored and just talked around.They should get bored if you just talk around them instead of to them.

Mark

Seeing you mention you and soon to be ex, might depend on conversation topic also I would think. It could be conversation that may be better scheduled after their bedtime or something. If it is conversation about relationship issues, they could be realizing/sensing this and might be better discussed away from them.
If it is just normal "routine" conversation than they do need to realize that your conversation will go on without giving into interuptions.
Just my thoughts.

�makes me think of my lil� sister (we�re 23 years apart). It was impossible to have a conversation when she was around. She absolutely �needed� to be part of the conversation, and since she was too little for that (age 4-5), she interrupted only with the purpose of interrupting.
It got better when she started school (age 6).

Now, your older one might be old enough to understand rules of conversation. We actually made her raise her finger for a time, if she wanted to take part in a conversation, and if SHE was interrupted after she got the word (after raising her finger), she got VERY upset,and we accepted that, and would made our excuses. That way she was a full part of the conversation. It worked sometimes.
The lil� ones might be able to follow the older�s example (once that works), maybe ?

Still, the real reason they�re interrupting could be that they�re worried, they�re sensing that the talk is about them, or Mummy and Daddy separating, and they�re nervous.
Maybe try to find out their real concerns.

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