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<blockquote data-quote="LadyM" data-source="post: 336513"><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Most of difficult children friends are much younger than them because his mentally much younger than 14.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I really don't think the "equality" thing is going to go over well in our house; HOWEVER, I think there are much better ways I can handle him thanks to all of your help. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I'm actually working on an idea for positive reinforcement instead of constantly being negative. (i.e. if he comes home and takes off his school clothes, brings down his laundry, and feeds the dogs, he can then play his video games if he likes), vs. taking something away if he doesn't.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Even though I won't tell him i'm treating him as an equal, I can do things like not use the "I'm the mom" and "because I said so" lines. I like the ideas of calmly engaging him into a reasonable discussion about what the time is and knowing that it's a school night and bed time is passed, what he intends to do.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I've had other people tell me he responds very well to a non-authoritarian environment. We'll see how it goes.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Thanks again for all of the wonderful advice. I will post when I've tried out these now techniques.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">p.s. I ordered The Explosive Child on Amazon last night.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LadyM, post: 336513"] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Most of difficult children friends are much younger than them because his mentally much younger than 14.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]I really don't think the "equality" thing is going to go over well in our house; HOWEVER, I think there are much better ways I can handle him thanks to all of your help. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]I'm actually working on an idea for positive reinforcement instead of constantly being negative. (i.e. if he comes home and takes off his school clothes, brings down his laundry, and feeds the dogs, he can then play his video games if he likes), vs. taking something away if he doesn't.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Even though I won't tell him i'm treating him as an equal, I can do things like not use the "I'm the mom" and "because I said so" lines. I like the ideas of calmly engaging him into a reasonable discussion about what the time is and knowing that it's a school night and bed time is passed, what he intends to do.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]I've had other people tell me he responds very well to a non-authoritarian environment. We'll see how it goes.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Thanks again for all of the wonderful advice. I will post when I've tried out these now techniques.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]p.s. I ordered The Explosive Child on Amazon last night.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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