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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 419794" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Star has a point... But.</p><p> </p><p>Something they told us in parenting class (yes, I took a parenting class, and yes, it was court ordered, though I was not ordered into it)...</p><p> </p><p>If you tell a child: Don't spill your milk, what they hear is: yada yada yada <strong>spill your milk</strong>. (Not.)</p><p>If you tell a child: Let's move your cup away from the edge of the table, what they hear is: yada yada yada <strong>edge of the table</strong>. (Better...)</p><p>If you tell a child: I have dessert if everyone keeps their cups upright, what they hear is: yada yada yada <strong>dessert</strong> yada yada <strong>cups upright</strong>. (Yes!)</p><p> </p><p>We tried this with Jett... And it worked....</p><p>We tried this with Onyxx... And it worked... </p><p>Except... I don't make dessert much. So we got creative with rewards. Excused from the table early, TV time, board game...</p><p> </p><p>And then they got older. Jett doesn't spill stuff much - too busy putting the cup toward the center of the table. Onyxx doesn't care.</p><p> </p><p>Our house rules are set up toward the positive, with consequences and rewards. Apparently, though, money is NOT much of a motivator in my house.</p><p> </p><p>"...Thou shalt refrain from..." ???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 419794, member: 6705"] Star has a point... But. Something they told us in parenting class (yes, I took a parenting class, and yes, it was court ordered, though I was not ordered into it)... If you tell a child: Don't spill your milk, what they hear is: yada yada yada [B]spill your milk[/B]. (Not.) If you tell a child: Let's move your cup away from the edge of the table, what they hear is: yada yada yada [B]edge of the table[/B]. (Better...) If you tell a child: I have dessert if everyone keeps their cups upright, what they hear is: yada yada yada [B]dessert[/B] yada yada [B]cups upright[/B]. (Yes!) We tried this with Jett... And it worked.... We tried this with Onyxx... And it worked... Except... I don't make dessert much. So we got creative with rewards. Excused from the table early, TV time, board game... And then they got older. Jett doesn't spill stuff much - too busy putting the cup toward the center of the table. Onyxx doesn't care. Our house rules are set up toward the positive, with consequences and rewards. Apparently, though, money is NOT much of a motivator in my house. "...Thou shalt refrain from..." ??? [/QUOTE]
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