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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 97916" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>My son had to opposite problem. If you told him New Years Day we were going roller blading in July - he would obsess until the day was there and ALL HAIL to the person who canceled the date. </p><p></p><p>I did learn something in therapy (effective communication) that really helped with other kids - THE warning - </p><p></p><p>If you had to leave for the doctors at 8:00 to get there by 8:30</p><p></p><p>Start at 7:15 and yell out :45 minutes till we go</p><p></p><p>At 7:30 yell out 30 minutes till leave</p><p></p><p>At 7:45 say "Fifteen minutes and we're gone</p><p></p><p>At 7:50 STAND in front of the child and say WE ARE LEAVING THIS HOUSE IN 5 minutes - whatever you are working on - let's be sure to get it put away and go - </p><p></p><p>At 7:59 - Go get the child and say I've given you 45 minutes warnings, it's time to go. STOP what you are doing - and leave. If the child is in pajamas - TOUGH - my kid went plenty of places in pj's (the not fun places) he didn't worry about those. </p><p></p><p>But it worked. =AND I learned to give MYSELF 15 minutes lee-way, and lied about the time. All our clocks were set 15 minutes ahead. </p><p></p><p>Eventually it worked like a charm but it took a year or so of constantly doing this. The same works in the workplace - with co-workers that are chronically late to meetings, lunches - appts. And either way, yes, I'm going to have to do the work - but the pay off is EVENTUALLY = when I say 5 minutes to go time- my son was actually ready and heading out the door. </p><p></p><p>I HATE to be late - hate it hate it hate it.....So this was a viable solution for both our problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 97916, member: 4964"] My son had to opposite problem. If you told him New Years Day we were going roller blading in July - he would obsess until the day was there and ALL HAIL to the person who canceled the date. I did learn something in therapy (effective communication) that really helped with other kids - THE warning - If you had to leave for the doctors at 8:00 to get there by 8:30 Start at 7:15 and yell out :45 minutes till we go At 7:30 yell out 30 minutes till leave At 7:45 say "Fifteen minutes and we're gone At 7:50 STAND in front of the child and say WE ARE LEAVING THIS HOUSE IN 5 minutes - whatever you are working on - let's be sure to get it put away and go - At 7:59 - Go get the child and say I've given you 45 minutes warnings, it's time to go. STOP what you are doing - and leave. If the child is in pajamas - TOUGH - my kid went plenty of places in pj's (the not fun places) he didn't worry about those. But it worked. =AND I learned to give MYSELF 15 minutes lee-way, and lied about the time. All our clocks were set 15 minutes ahead. Eventually it worked like a charm but it took a year or so of constantly doing this. The same works in the workplace - with co-workers that are chronically late to meetings, lunches - appts. And either way, yes, I'm going to have to do the work - but the pay off is EVENTUALLY = when I say 5 minutes to go time- my son was actually ready and heading out the door. I HATE to be late - hate it hate it hate it.....So this was a viable solution for both our problems. [/QUOTE]
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