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<blockquote data-quote="Bunny" data-source="post: 594133" data-attributes="member: 15810"><p>I think this is a pretty typical teen thing. Both difficult child and easy child have done this (easy child still does it!). I made a rule with difficult child that helped us because difficult child used to have a really hard time falling asleep. He had alot of trouble turning his mind off of he could relax and sleep. We would let him have two or three things on his bed. Toy, stuffed animal, book. They were his choice. If it was on his bed he could play with it to help him relax and sleep. He could not get off his bed to get anything else, so he needed to choose wisely.</p><p></p><p>A funny aside to this. A few times difficult child was punished and had to sit on his bed. He would get angry and throw EVERYTHING off his bed. I just let him do it. Then he would say to me, "We'll, can I at least play with..." and ask for something that he just threw across the room. I would respond with, "Is it on your bed?" He would say no, and I would remind him of the rule: if it's on your bed, you can play with it. If it's not, tough luck. After a while he stopped throwing things off the bed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bunny, post: 594133, member: 15810"] I think this is a pretty typical teen thing. Both difficult child and easy child have done this (easy child still does it!). I made a rule with difficult child that helped us because difficult child used to have a really hard time falling asleep. He had alot of trouble turning his mind off of he could relax and sleep. We would let him have two or three things on his bed. Toy, stuffed animal, book. They were his choice. If it was on his bed he could play with it to help him relax and sleep. He could not get off his bed to get anything else, so he needed to choose wisely. A funny aside to this. A few times difficult child was punished and had to sit on his bed. He would get angry and throw EVERYTHING off his bed. I just let him do it. Then he would say to me, "We'll, can I at least play with..." and ask for something that he just threw across the room. I would respond with, "Is it on your bed?" He would say no, and I would remind him of the rule: if it's on your bed, you can play with it. If it's not, tough luck. After a while he stopped throwing things off the bed! [/QUOTE]
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