As I type, my NINE year old is on the floor screaming “It’s not fair” as he’s been put on the carpet for consistently annoying his older brother. Sometimes they don’t outgrow their awkward stages very rapidly. Sigh…
Shodan
August 26, 2009, 12:32pm
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Aspidistra:
Well, well, well.
Today was the first time I’ve been at home with the small boy since Power Struggle Friday, and guess what.
He’s been as good as gold all day.
:eek:
Two trips back and forward from school, walked three out of four legs of the journey, holding hands nicely each time. Stopped whenever I said “stop”, went the other way whenever I said “wrong way”. Some vague attempts at dropping hands in the middle of the road a couple of times, easily dealt with by a quick “hand for the road”. Contemplating some of the things TWDuke was saying, I made my voice deeper and louder every time I had to give a second instruction.
Flash in the pan? Turnaround in behaviour? Who can tell. I’m on duty again tomorrow…
Reinforce behavior that you like. Ignore behavior that you don’t.
Regards,