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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 175805" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Perhaps if you remind him gently on a daily basis, or at least a couple times a week, about the whole safe place plan, he WILL remember. It really needs to be ingrained with repetition for him to remember it in the heat of an emotional eruption.</p><p> </p><p>I noticed this week that my difficult child 1 only ran to hide on top of our swingset/monkeybars (there's a platform on top) when got really upset about something. I think part of it is the talk I gave him after his last bolting incident:</p><p> </p><p>On July 4th, he had bolted to a tree in a park and refused to stay with the family when we were walking to a fireworks show at a local school because he was mad about something. Right or wrong, we decided to just let him stay where he was and told him if he wasn't back at our car by the end of the show, he'd have to walk home (we live about 4 miles from the park).</p><p> </p><p>He was right by his tree when we walked back after the show, and he was really apologetic and took my hand right away. I explained that I don't mind him taking a time out, but he can't take off like he had been of late and he needs to talk to us about what's going on instead of just splitting without saying anything.</p><p> </p><p>Again, I know mine is older, but I think talking about this kind of stuff repeatedly when they are calm will help it be remembered when they are not.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck to you! I really hope the plan you have in place works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 175805, member: 3444"] Perhaps if you remind him gently on a daily basis, or at least a couple times a week, about the whole safe place plan, he WILL remember. It really needs to be ingrained with repetition for him to remember it in the heat of an emotional eruption. I noticed this week that my difficult child 1 only ran to hide on top of our swingset/monkeybars (there's a platform on top) when got really upset about something. I think part of it is the talk I gave him after his last bolting incident: On July 4th, he had bolted to a tree in a park and refused to stay with the family when we were walking to a fireworks show at a local school because he was mad about something. Right or wrong, we decided to just let him stay where he was and told him if he wasn't back at our car by the end of the show, he'd have to walk home (we live about 4 miles from the park). He was right by his tree when we walked back after the show, and he was really apologetic and took my hand right away. I explained that I don't mind him taking a time out, but he can't take off like he had been of late and he needs to talk to us about what's going on instead of just splitting without saying anything. Again, I know mine is older, but I think talking about this kind of stuff repeatedly when they are calm will help it be remembered when they are not. Good luck to you! I really hope the plan you have in place works. [/QUOTE]
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