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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 237919" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I'm sorry you had such a bad night, Terry. It seems that living with a difficult child means things have to stop at a moments notice and revolve around them so many times. It could wear anyone down.</p><p></p><p>I had someone tell me once that if I tell difficult child that if he'll do "A", then I'll do "B" or give him "X", that I needed to stick to that no matter what and if he did something that warranted punishment before I followed through, then I needed to find another way to punish him, but make sure I stuck to what I said to reinforce that fact that he will get his reward for what he did right, even if he still makes mistakes. This keeps some positive reinforcement going and prevents "waiting" for the next bad thing to happen. </p><p></p><p>I hadn't thought about it before then, but I had been pulling out a reward when he messed up, even if he had done what I wanted to get the reward. I try not to do that now and it has seemed to help. I imagine it might be a benefit regardless of the diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 237919, member: 3699"] I'm sorry you had such a bad night, Terry. It seems that living with a difficult child means things have to stop at a moments notice and revolve around them so many times. It could wear anyone down. I had someone tell me once that if I tell difficult child that if he'll do "A", then I'll do "B" or give him "X", that I needed to stick to that no matter what and if he did something that warranted punishment before I followed through, then I needed to find another way to punish him, but make sure I stuck to what I said to reinforce that fact that he will get his reward for what he did right, even if he still makes mistakes. This keeps some positive reinforcement going and prevents "waiting" for the next bad thing to happen. I hadn't thought about it before then, but I had been pulling out a reward when he messed up, even if he had done what I wanted to get the reward. I try not to do that now and it has seemed to help. I imagine it might be a benefit regardless of the diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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