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My kid is not a dog or a rat
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 37897" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>She's made a point also, t hat you can't use behaviour modification on behaviours that are beyond the child's ability to modify.</p><p></p><p>For example, I am going to use behaviour modification to teach my dog to fly. We'll start small - he has to fly from the garden seat. Then from the garden table. Wow! We're making progress! He was so quick getting down from the garden seat, and then the table, that I didn't even see his wings move!</p><p></p><p>But somehow it just didn't translate too well from the top of a second storey building. I can't understand why something he could do from the table couldn't be extended to doing the same thing from the roof of the house...</p><p></p><p></p><p>We have to understand and keep it in mind constantly, that all too often the problems that drive us crazy with our kids are not the usual ones. And they're not necessarily going to be fixable when we think they should be. From our kids' point of view, asking them to make certain changes in themselves before they are capable, is as sensible as trying to teach the dog to fly.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 37897, member: 1991"] She's made a point also, t hat you can't use behaviour modification on behaviours that are beyond the child's ability to modify. For example, I am going to use behaviour modification to teach my dog to fly. We'll start small - he has to fly from the garden seat. Then from the garden table. Wow! We're making progress! He was so quick getting down from the garden seat, and then the table, that I didn't even see his wings move! But somehow it just didn't translate too well from the top of a second storey building. I can't understand why something he could do from the table couldn't be extended to doing the same thing from the roof of the house... We have to understand and keep it in mind constantly, that all too often the problems that drive us crazy with our kids are not the usual ones. And they're not necessarily going to be fixable when we think they should be. From our kids' point of view, asking them to make certain changes in themselves before they are capable, is as sensible as trying to teach the dog to fly. Marg [/QUOTE]
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