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difficult child 1 forged my signature (again)!
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 135701" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Witzend, you are right about the whole self-esteem issue. Heavy-handedness on my part often backfires with difficult children. </p><p> </p><p>Mstang, husband and I talked about leveraging the games to get him to practice more.</p><p> </p><p>Here's what we decided: I will contact the teacher and work out a better communication plan so that I can monitor his orchestra assignments better. Instead of revoking all video game privileges for a month, difficult child 1 will lose his hour of pre-homework free time and will have to use that for practicing his instrument. Video games will have to wait until homework (and practice) is finished.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 is remorseful and apologizing repeatedly, and that's good, but it's frustrating that this has happened more than once. In a rare moment of insight, husband pointed out that difficult child 1 IS a kid 13yo with-ADHD and the accompanying impulse control issues, and we can't expect him to act like a 13yo easy child as much as we'd like him to... (sigh). I guess I can chalk this up to a reality check.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 135701, member: 3444"] Witzend, you are right about the whole self-esteem issue. Heavy-handedness on my part often backfires with difficult children. Mstang, husband and I talked about leveraging the games to get him to practice more. Here's what we decided: I will contact the teacher and work out a better communication plan so that I can monitor his orchestra assignments better. Instead of revoking all video game privileges for a month, difficult child 1 will lose his hour of pre-homework free time and will have to use that for practicing his instrument. Video games will have to wait until homework (and practice) is finished. difficult child 1 is remorseful and apologizing repeatedly, and that's good, but it's frustrating that this has happened more than once. In a rare moment of insight, husband pointed out that difficult child 1 IS a kid 13yo with-ADHD and the accompanying impulse control issues, and we can't expect him to act like a 13yo easy child as much as we'd like him to... (sigh). I guess I can chalk this up to a reality check. Thanks :) [/QUOTE]
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