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Canceling Christmas...has anyone done this?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 106463" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would use something else. I'd never cancel Christmas, which, to us, is a religious holiday as well as a celebration. It wouldn't matter what had happened before that day--I wouldn't punish in that way. I would also take the mental illness he has into account. He is obviously unstable. Looking at the diagnosis. of your kids, especially the eight year old is a little guy who has to live with so many disabilities...maybe I"m a softie. I don't think it will teach them anything. They need help--I don't believe it is personal against you. Many kids with stimulation problems and mental and neurological disorders just do poorly this time of year, as others have said. I'm not convinced they can prevent the behavior or in my opinion it wouldn't be so universal with "different" kids. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/not otherwise specified plus a mood disorder--wow. Think about it. That's a lot for one little guy to deal with, and then there's all this Christmas hype and it's not a religious holiday anymore, it's a circus... If it were me I'd punish another way on another day. And I'd be checking in with whatever doctor is treating them. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 106463, member: 1550"] I would use something else. I'd never cancel Christmas, which, to us, is a religious holiday as well as a celebration. It wouldn't matter what had happened before that day--I wouldn't punish in that way. I would also take the mental illness he has into account. He is obviously unstable. Looking at the diagnosis. of your kids, especially the eight year old is a little guy who has to live with so many disabilities...maybe I"m a softie. I don't think it will teach them anything. They need help--I don't believe it is personal against you. Many kids with stimulation problems and mental and neurological disorders just do poorly this time of year, as others have said. I'm not convinced they can prevent the behavior or in my opinion it wouldn't be so universal with "different" kids. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/not otherwise specified plus a mood disorder--wow. Think about it. That's a lot for one little guy to deal with, and then there's all this Christmas hype and it's not a religious holiday anymore, it's a circus... If it were me I'd punish another way on another day. And I'd be checking in with whatever doctor is treating them. JMO [/QUOTE]
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