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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 225460" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Terry, you and difficult child both need to agree on the rules. If he can't understand, then I would suggest football becomes one of the games banned if it's likely to get played at a time when he has to stop. I agree, you can't allow this. </p><p></p><p>A suggestion - get a special clock (maybe an old alarm clock) and set it next to him, with a felt pen mark on the clock face to show when his time is up. Or a suggestion I've made to someone else - put coloured translucent contact on the clock face to show the time when gaming is allowed. When the hour hand falls outside the colouredarea, the games MUST stop.</p><p></p><p>I help difficult child 3 out by giving him time warnings. Not in any sense of, "You'd better stop soon before I punish you," but more in line with, "You have ten minutes to go; if you get a chance to save your game before then, do so because you will have to stop in ten minutes regardless." </p><p>I will give a little leeway, but only a little. It's a matter of common sense. If difficult child 3 tries to abuse it, I get strict again. But if time is up, he has stretched it a bit and then starts a new level AFTER the time limit - he loses the data because I won't allow it to be continued.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned he's very ADHD. I wonder how close he is to Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). </p><p></p><p>As for the woman who deserved a fair trial - the reason even she deserves a fair trial, is you don't want ANY possible excuse for an appeal. Justice not only has to be done, it has to be SEEN to be fair justice, done properly with no room for doubt.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 225460, member: 1991"] Terry, you and difficult child both need to agree on the rules. If he can't understand, then I would suggest football becomes one of the games banned if it's likely to get played at a time when he has to stop. I agree, you can't allow this. A suggestion - get a special clock (maybe an old alarm clock) and set it next to him, with a felt pen mark on the clock face to show when his time is up. Or a suggestion I've made to someone else - put coloured translucent contact on the clock face to show the time when gaming is allowed. When the hour hand falls outside the colouredarea, the games MUST stop. I help difficult child 3 out by giving him time warnings. Not in any sense of, "You'd better stop soon before I punish you," but more in line with, "You have ten minutes to go; if you get a chance to save your game before then, do so because you will have to stop in ten minutes regardless." I will give a little leeway, but only a little. It's a matter of common sense. If difficult child 3 tries to abuse it, I get strict again. But if time is up, he has stretched it a bit and then starts a new level AFTER the time limit - he loses the data because I won't allow it to be continued. You mentioned he's very ADHD. I wonder how close he is to Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). As for the woman who deserved a fair trial - the reason even she deserves a fair trial, is you don't want ANY possible excuse for an appeal. Justice not only has to be done, it has to be SEEN to be fair justice, done properly with no room for doubt. Marg [/QUOTE]
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