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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 198212" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>OK, I do like the idea of moving her clothes out of her room to limit her options. See she is one of those nothing-is-ever-enough kind of kids. Even though she has a huge box of dress-up clothes to play in, she tries to get away with wearing her good dresses to play in. And when I tell her to take the clothes off (after 36 "no" from her) she will toss the dress on the floor. Arrgh.</p><p></p><p>Rewards don't work well with her on a regular basis. I've tried it all. Right now she DOES have a reward on the line, we can decorate the house with Halloween stuff when she gets her room picked up. More and more she'd rather give up things than pick up her mess (you have never ever seen a kid throw a fit about cleaning up like this kid can) but I am not going to do a reward/punishment that I can't follow through with.</p><p></p><p>We do go through her clothes regularly and weed out what she has outgrown. Her oldest brother (by her dad) has a 5YO sister (by HIS mom) and we pass all her stuff down to her.</p><p></p><p>I also like the idea of an actual basket C! Gonna have to try that one...</p><p></p><p>Oh, and Witz, I already have 5 bags of her stuff stashed away in MY closet. This was one of those "pick up your stuff or it is mine" days. Well, she did not pick up, so I have it. She seems to have forgotten about most of it, too. Probably going to have to do that again soon.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. </p><p></p><p>This difficult child stuff sure isn't for the faint-at-heart, is it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 198212, member: 3647"] OK, I do like the idea of moving her clothes out of her room to limit her options. See she is one of those nothing-is-ever-enough kind of kids. Even though she has a huge box of dress-up clothes to play in, she tries to get away with wearing her good dresses to play in. And when I tell her to take the clothes off (after 36 "no" from her) she will toss the dress on the floor. Arrgh. Rewards don't work well with her on a regular basis. I've tried it all. Right now she DOES have a reward on the line, we can decorate the house with Halloween stuff when she gets her room picked up. More and more she'd rather give up things than pick up her mess (you have never ever seen a kid throw a fit about cleaning up like this kid can) but I am not going to do a reward/punishment that I can't follow through with. We do go through her clothes regularly and weed out what she has outgrown. Her oldest brother (by her dad) has a 5YO sister (by HIS mom) and we pass all her stuff down to her. I also like the idea of an actual basket C! Gonna have to try that one... Oh, and Witz, I already have 5 bags of her stuff stashed away in MY closet. This was one of those "pick up your stuff or it is mine" days. Well, she did not pick up, so I have it. She seems to have forgotten about most of it, too. Probably going to have to do that again soon. Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. This difficult child stuff sure isn't for the faint-at-heart, is it? [/QUOTE]
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