Guest guest Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 , You know how these books are - it's always easy to write it and a whole lot harder to do it! I don't have a whole lot of success with positive or negative with my authority resistant son. So I can understand perfectly if this doesn't work for you. But for instance, instead of saying, " Stop picking your nose. " You could say, " Please go somewhere private to do that. " Or " Please use a tissue. " My son has gotten in trouble in school a couple times when a teacher will say something to another kid like, " Stop putting your hands on your head. " Well, hearing this, my son just HAS to do it. So he does and then he gets punished. LOL! In a situation like that where they are doing something inappropriate, instead of telling them to stop doing it, ask them to, " Please keep your hands on your desk. " or something along those lines. In other words, try to think what you want them to do instead and then phrase it that way. Does that make it clearer? But I completely understand that there are no perfect solutions with kids like this! When you wrote that about how she has to do something after you tell her not to, I thought it would be helpful to pass this information on to you just in case it might be helpful in your situation. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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