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Don't wake the butterfly, or you'll set off WWIII
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 506386" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I found making clean up a game worked best with Wiz. "I can throw this in the box and make a LOUD clatter. I bet you can't!" and then he would "compete" to see who could make the most or loudest noise or whatever. Of course only with durable things, but it took the task from "clean up" which was NEVER met with a positive anything, to a "I can do it better and have more fun" thing. That is what got to Wiz - he had to be the most whatever. </p><p></p><p>Then when he was about seven I learned that while he knew all the Barney songs, and had little siblings who still loved them, he loathed them. He also has ALWAYS hated it when I sang. I don't sing well. He hears in perfect pitch. Even as an infant he would cry inconsolably if I sang. Not with the radio or cd's or if husband sang, but if Mommy sang. So I used favorite story books said in a sing-songish chant when others sang lullabies. But if we needed to clean and he wouldn't? I broke out in Barney or Blue's Clues songs.</p><p></p><p>When he was in jr high and being a brat at school, we told him that if he did not start doing what was expected (like not running a black market in office supplies he pilfered from teachers) , then husband and/or I would start using the school PA system to sing Barney songs dedicated to him. School thought it was AWESOME and totally would have let us sing to the whole school. ANY time, lol. They actually used the same thing wtih a few other kids who were misbehaving and had parents who liked creative problem solving (what the vice principal called it).</p><p></p><p>Your son is too young to use Barney as a punishment, most likely. But there may be some way to use this at some point. </p><p></p><p>Just don't EVER say it if you won't follow through with it. That is the kiss of death with a difficult child. You HAVE to get up and do what you said you would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 506386, member: 1233"] I found making clean up a game worked best with Wiz. "I can throw this in the box and make a LOUD clatter. I bet you can't!" and then he would "compete" to see who could make the most or loudest noise or whatever. Of course only with durable things, but it took the task from "clean up" which was NEVER met with a positive anything, to a "I can do it better and have more fun" thing. That is what got to Wiz - he had to be the most whatever. Then when he was about seven I learned that while he knew all the Barney songs, and had little siblings who still loved them, he loathed them. He also has ALWAYS hated it when I sang. I don't sing well. He hears in perfect pitch. Even as an infant he would cry inconsolably if I sang. Not with the radio or cd's or if husband sang, but if Mommy sang. So I used favorite story books said in a sing-songish chant when others sang lullabies. But if we needed to clean and he wouldn't? I broke out in Barney or Blue's Clues songs. When he was in jr high and being a brat at school, we told him that if he did not start doing what was expected (like not running a black market in office supplies he pilfered from teachers) , then husband and/or I would start using the school PA system to sing Barney songs dedicated to him. School thought it was AWESOME and totally would have let us sing to the whole school. ANY time, lol. They actually used the same thing wtih a few other kids who were misbehaving and had parents who liked creative problem solving (what the vice principal called it). Your son is too young to use Barney as a punishment, most likely. But there may be some way to use this at some point. Just don't EVER say it if you won't follow through with it. That is the kiss of death with a difficult child. You HAVE to get up and do what you said you would. [/QUOTE]
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