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Controlling use of gameboy & stopping snacks after dinner/brushing
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 178948" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>We gave up on toothbrushing a L-O-N-G LONG lont time ago. IT jsut coult NOT be accomplished with-o physical violence to me or 1 of the youngers. So I have NO advice on that one - other than that we refused to pay for braces, period. He wouldn't care for them so we wouldn't. He had no real structural mouth problems, so it was not considered medical neglect in our state. BUT if he had NEEDED them we were advised we could not refuse to provide them for any reason. </p><p> </p><p>As for the game thingy, make it available in main rooms, under CLOSE supervision for limited times. If found in his room, it is gone for a week or long enough to make an impression but NOT make him not want it. We found if we removed anything for longer than a week our difficult child would no longer be motivated by it. So, pray that doesn't happen and then watch him closely so he can't hide it. Best advice I can give is that they are wonderful motivators when used as carrots, so don't be too free with that game time, because they do lose motivational power over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 178948, member: 1233"] We gave up on toothbrushing a L-O-N-G LONG lont time ago. IT jsut coult NOT be accomplished with-o physical violence to me or 1 of the youngers. So I have NO advice on that one - other than that we refused to pay for braces, period. He wouldn't care for them so we wouldn't. He had no real structural mouth problems, so it was not considered medical neglect in our state. BUT if he had NEEDED them we were advised we could not refuse to provide them for any reason. As for the game thingy, make it available in main rooms, under CLOSE supervision for limited times. If found in his room, it is gone for a week or long enough to make an impression but NOT make him not want it. We found if we removed anything for longer than a week our difficult child would no longer be motivated by it. So, pray that doesn't happen and then watch him closely so he can't hide it. Best advice I can give is that they are wonderful motivators when used as carrots, so don't be too free with that game time, because they do lose motivational power over time. [/QUOTE]
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