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Sticky-fingered difficult child driving us MAD!
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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 321682" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>Ooh - messenger boy? Potentially combines a mild form of humiliation with reinforcement of why his dad might be upset with him?</p><p></p><p>Have any family or friends who live within walking/bike riding distance? Maybe he could serve as messenger boy between their homes and yours for a weekend or two? Instead of phone calls and e-mails he must drop what he's doing and hand carry a message? Or memorize one? </p><p></p><p>Maybe he goes to the store for stuff or goes and orders take-out? </p><p></p><p>Instead of you yelling from one end of the house to the other for someone you ring a little bell and he has to drop everything, find you and then convey your message?</p><p></p><p>Oooh I like this more and more. If it won't trigger outright rebellion in your difficult child 1 it might be fun (but something of a hassle I admit).</p><p></p><p>Maybe instead of making him stand on the street corner with a sandwich board, he could just make a BIG sign to put up in the front yard that says "I, difficult child 1, will never take my father's cell phone again." Provides the humiliation but softens it just a bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 321682, member: 7948"] Ooh - messenger boy? Potentially combines a mild form of humiliation with reinforcement of why his dad might be upset with him? Have any family or friends who live within walking/bike riding distance? Maybe he could serve as messenger boy between their homes and yours for a weekend or two? Instead of phone calls and e-mails he must drop what he's doing and hand carry a message? Or memorize one? Maybe he goes to the store for stuff or goes and orders take-out? Instead of you yelling from one end of the house to the other for someone you ring a little bell and he has to drop everything, find you and then convey your message? Oooh I like this more and more. If it won't trigger outright rebellion in your difficult child 1 it might be fun (but something of a hassle I admit). Maybe instead of making him stand on the street corner with a sandwich board, he could just make a BIG sign to put up in the front yard that says "I, difficult child 1, will never take my father's cell phone again." Provides the humiliation but softens it just a bit. [/QUOTE]
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