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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 508631" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Ah, gotcha!</p><p></p><p>Well...in our situation bribery never worked. difficult child always valued being in control more than she valued outside "rewards"....so it's a little different over here. </p><p></p><p>We had to make sure the school was disciplining for every missed class (difficult child used to skip and/or leave early a lot) and we told difficult child that we would call the police for school refusal. (We've called police on other issues...so she knows we aren't bluffing on that.) And when difficult child would stay up late and had "trouble waking up for school", husband would give her one warning...and then come into her room with a bucket of ice. And yes - she got "iced" a morning or two. <em> {{G<em>osh </em>- we sound like terrible parents...don't we??}}</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>Don't let me kid you....it was tough. That whole freshman year was a nightmare. <em>For Pete's sake - just go to school!!! Stay in school! Learn something!!! ARRGGHH!</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>But today - difficult child knows there is no excuse. She puts herself to bed early so she can get up early. And she has not skipped ANY classes (yet) this year...not one.</p><p></p><p>So that's how we handled it... I'm sure it sounds terribly cruel - but it WORKED!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 508631, member: 6546"] Ah, gotcha! Well...in our situation bribery never worked. difficult child always valued being in control more than she valued outside "rewards"....so it's a little different over here. We had to make sure the school was disciplining for every missed class (difficult child used to skip and/or leave early a lot) and we told difficult child that we would call the police for school refusal. (We've called police on other issues...so she knows we aren't bluffing on that.) And when difficult child would stay up late and had "trouble waking up for school", husband would give her one warning...and then come into her room with a bucket of ice. And yes - she got "iced" a morning or two. [I] {{G[I]osh [/I]- we sound like terrible parents...don't we??}} [/I]Don't let me kid you....it was tough. That whole freshman year was a nightmare. [I]For Pete's sake - just go to school!!! Stay in school! Learn something!!! ARRGGHH! [/I]But today - difficult child knows there is no excuse. She puts herself to bed early so she can get up early. And she has not skipped ANY classes (yet) this year...not one. So that's how we handled it... I'm sure it sounds terribly cruel - but it WORKED! [/QUOTE]
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